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Sotheby’s Photo Auction and Pop-up exhibition – “175 Masterworks to Celebrate 175 Years of Photography” – Los Angeles photo exhibition review

AUGUST SANDER, Handlanger, Porteur de Briques (The Bricklayer), 1927. Estimate $350,000-500,000 © 2014 DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG / SK STIFTUNG KULTUR - AUGUST SANDER ARCHIV, COLOGNE / ARS, NY. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
AUGUST SANDER, Handlanger, Porteur de Briques (The Bricklayer), 1927. Estimate $350,000-500,000 © 2014 DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG / SK STIFTUNG KULTUR – AUGUST SANDER ARCHIV, COLOGNE / ARS, NY. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.

Anyone interested in photography will be pleased to learn of this pop-art photo exhibition being presented next week for two days only in Los Angeles.

ALFRED STIEGLITZ, Evening, New York from the Shelton, 1931. Estimate $200,000-300,000. © 2014 ESTATE OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
ALFRED STIEGLITZ, Evening, New York from the Shelton, 1931. Estimate $200,000-300,000. © 2014 ESTATE OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.

Prior to this major auction, Sotheby’s Los Angeles will hold a public preview featuring highlights from 175 Masterworks to Celebrate 175 Years of Photography, a single owner sale from the legendary collection of Howard Stein (1926-2011)—considered one of the most significant collections of photographs in private hands today.

More information here.

 

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, Snake in a Bucket, 1920s. Estimate $150,000-250,000.© THE IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM TRUST. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, Snake in a Bucket, 1920s. Estimate $150,000-250,000.© THE IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM TRUST. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.

On view November 5-6 at the Sotheby’s Los Angeles Gallery, 175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation presents highlights from the personal collection of Howard Stein and will feature photographs from photography’s earliest years in the 1840s to contemporary 21st Century color images.

Highlights include works from the medium’s most important practitioners including Julia Margaret Cameron, Walker Evans, Gustave Le Gray, August Sander, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, among others.

LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY, Untitled, (Photogram with Propeller) 1929. Estimate $300,000-500,000. © 2014 ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK /VG BILD-KUNST, BONN. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY, Untitled, (Photogram with Propeller) 1929. Estimate $300,000-500,000. © 2014 ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK /VG BILD-KUNST, BONN. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.

175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

November 5, 2014

10 a.m. –  5 p.m.


November 6, 2014

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

This event is free to the public.

Sotheby’s Los Angeles

9200 West Sunset Boulevard

Suite 170

Los Angeles, CA 90069

Tel: (310) 274-0340

Valet Parking available on Cory Avenue.

Sotheby’s has been uniting collectors with world-class works of art since 1744. Sotheby’s became the first international auction house when it expanded from London to New York (1955), the first to conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973) and France (2001), and the first international fine art auction house in China (2012). Today, Sotheby’s presents auctions in nine different salesrooms, including New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby’s BidNow program allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids in real-time from anywhere in the world. Sotheby’s offers collectors the resources of Sotheby’s Financial Services, the world’s only full-service art financing company, as well as private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories, including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art department, as well as Sotheby’s Diamonds and Sotheby’s Wine. Sotheby’s has a global network of 90 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BID).

 

 

 

 

Pauline Adamek

Pauline Adamek is a Los Angeles-based arts enthusiast with twenty-five years' experience covering International Film Festivals and reviewing new Theatre, Film and Restaurants.

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