
Lot Closed
July 29, 05:18 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
'SPORT'
(New York: James Danziger and Jennifer Almquist, 1996, a total edition of 120), a portfolio of 11 platinum palladium prints by HERB RITTS, ROBERT RIGER, W. EUGENE SMITH, ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, MORRIS ROSENFELD, ROBERT CAPA, HAROLD EDGERTON, GEORGE SILK, EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE, WILLIAM RITTASE, and FLIP SCHULKE, 2 signed in ink in the margin, each with credit, title, date, edition, and medium in pencil on the reverse; together with the illustrated plate list/colophon, with edition 'AP 1' in pencil, 1878-1995, printed in 1996. Folio, linen clamshell, with stamped title and label on spine
each image: various sizes to 15¾ by 12¾ in. (40 by 32.4 cm.)
clamshell: 21¼ by 17 in. (55.2 by 43.2 cm.)
The plates are as follows:
Herb Ritts James Miller, Special Olympics Athlete, 1995
Robert Riger Johnny Unitas, 1958
W. Eugene Smith Joe DiMaggio, 1941
Annie Leibovitz Magic Johnson, 1989
Morris Rosenfeld Zio and Nightwind, 1939
Robert Capa Stillman's Gym, 1937
Harold Edgerton Densmore Shute Bends the Shaft, 1938
George Silk Willie May, Hayes Jones, Lee Calhoun, 1960
Eadweard Muybridge The Horse in Motion, 1878
William M. Rittase Divers, 1935
Flip Schulke Water Skier from Underwater, 1959