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  • Gary Auerbach: Notre Dame De Paris, 2002/2007, photogravure, signed recto, 16

    Gary Auerbach: Notre Dame De Paris, 2002/2007, photogravure, signed recto, 16"x13" ($400-$800)

  • Susan Meiselas: Traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza to conceal identity, Nicaragua, 1978, 1978/2011, chromogenic print, signed verso, 14--x11-- ($1,800-$3,200)
  • Charmaine Caire: Two Girls, 2010, archival pigment print, signed recto, 15--x12-- ($300-$600)
  • Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas, 1909-1974): Steve Reeves, Muscle Beach, 1949/1980s, silver print, 10--x8-- ($300-$600)
  • Chris Earnshaw: Andy Warhol, 1975/2012, archival pigment print on antique paper, waxed, signed recto, 14--x11-- ($800-$1,200)
  • Heinz Hajek-Halke: Das Modell, 1957, vintage silver print, ferrotyped, unmounted, 15.875--x11.75-- ($5,000-$8,000)
  • Herb Ritts: Toni and Mimi I, Los Angeles, 1987, silver print, signed verso, ©Herb Ritts Foundation ($4,000-$6,000)
  • Rita Bernstein: Graduation, 2006, hand-applied silver emulsion on Japanese Gampi paper, 6/15, signed verso, 7--x7-- ($600-$1,000)
  • Vladimir Birgus: Sofia, 1976, vintage silver print, studio stamp verso, 14--x11-- ($300-$600)
  • Lucien Clergue: 3 Nudes on a Window, Madrid, 1985, silver print, signed recto and verso, 11--x16-- ($3,000-$4,000)
  • Larry Fink: Stars and Stripes Forever, 2005/2012, archival pigment print, signed verso, 20--x16-- ($5,000-$7,000)
  • Fran Forman: Fig. 17, 2008, archival pigment print, signed verso and on mat, 8.25--x9-- ($350-$650)
  • David W. Haas: West Fork Canyon, Arizona, 1981, vintage silver print, signed, titled, and dated verso, 9.75--x12-- ($800-$1,200)
  • Willy Kessels: Female Nude, 1930s, silver print on carte postal stock, unmounted, photographer's blindstamp on the bottom right recto and his blue ink stamp verso, 4.75--x3-- ($800-$1,500)
  • Catherine Steinmann: La Cour du Louvre, 1997, silver print, 5/30, signed verso, 16--x20-- ($800-$1,600)
October 23, 2012
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Vintage and Contemporary Work by an International
Who’s Who of Photography Up for Bid

The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography, will hold its Annual Benefit Auction on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 4 p.m. at Freeman’s Auctioneers at 1808 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.

The event will feature an international slate of photographers as well as a host of Philadelphia artists. Beginning and experienced collectors alike will have the opportunity to bid on work by such historic masters as Werner Bischof, Karl Blossfeldt, Édouard Boubat, Cornell Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward S. Curtis, Robert Doisneau, Godfrey Frankel, Hans Hajek-Halke, Gertrude Käsebier, Willy Kessels, Heinrich Kühn, Clarence John Laughlin, Russell Lee, Constantine Manos, Leonard Misonne, Barbara Morgan, Herb Ritts, Arthur Rothstein, Giorgio Sommer, and Jack Welpott.

Among the contemporary photo stars whose work will go on the block are Sally Apfelbaum, Lucien Clergue, Mitch Dobrowner, Chris Earnshaw, Larry Fink, Jill Freedman, Lois Greenfield, Henry Horenstein, Elaine Ling, Rania Matar, Susan Meiselas, Joe Mills, Jeffrey Milstein, Aline Smithson, Catherine Steinmann, George Tice, Philip Trager, and Hiroshi Watanabe.

Featured local luminaries include Susan Abrams, Noah Addis, Theo Anderson, Andrea Baldeck, Rita Bernstein, Howard Brunner, Charmaine Caire, Paul Cava, Paula Chamlee, Vincent David Feldman, Alida Fish, Judy Gelles, David Graham, David Haas, Jessica Todd-Harper, Catherine Jansen, Richard Kagan, Bruce Katsiff, Peter Miraglia, Wendy Paton, Amie Potsic, Laurence Salzmann, Tom Shillea, Leif Skoogfors, Michael A. Smith, Anna Tas, Lori Waselchuk, and Christine Welch.

In addition, a broad range of 19th-century and vernacular photographs is up for bid. According to Photo Review editor Stephen Perloff, prices will range from $50 to $7,000.

A preview will be held at Freeman’s on Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Saturday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., just prior to the auction. Proceeds from the auction, a popular event since 1983, fund such activities as an annual juried competition for emerging photographers. Admission is free with purchase of the fully illustrated catalog, available through The Photo Review, 215-891-0214. Buyers may preview the auction online, and place bids at http://www.photoreview.org.

The Photo Review
Founded in 1976, The Photo Review is a critical journal of photography that covers events around the world and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. The quarterly journal contains reviews, portfolios, interviews, book reviews, and news, while the companion newsletter, issued eight times a year, contains the most complete exhibition listings from New York to Washington, DC, and northern Virginia, and now also California, and exhibition opportunities and news from around the world. Subscriptions are $45 a year.

Auction to Benefit – The Photo Review
Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 4 p.m.
Freeman’s Auctioneers
1808 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia – USA
T : 215-891-0214

POST ID: 19042

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