175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, a single-owner sale of the most significant collection of photographs in private hands, will take place at Sotheby’s New York on 11 & 12 December 2014. Comprised of works from photography’s earliest years in the 1840s to contemporary 21st-century color images, the auction will feature major photographs by the medium’s most important practitioners. The collection was put together over several decades by financier and philanthropist Howard Stein (1926-2011), a legendary collector whose vision and keen understanding of photography informed his choices. Mr. Stein donated the collection to the Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS), a not-for-profit organization founded by him to further the photographic arts and arts education. JGS is the sole beneficiary of the sale.
The pre-sale estimate of $13/20 million is the highest ever for a Photographs auction.
Sale includes following pieces:
– Alvin Langdon Coburn, Shadows and Reflections, Venice
Est. 350 000 – 500 000 USD
– William Egglestion, Outskits of Morton, Mississipi
Est. 50 000 – 70 000 USD
– László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (Photogram with Propeller)
Est. 300 000 – 500 000 USD
– August Sander, Handlanger Porteur de briques (Bricklayer)
Est. 300 000 – 500 000 USD
– Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #2
Est. 100 000 – 150 000 USD
AUCTION
175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography:
Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation
On Thursday 11 December and Friday 12 December 2014 at 6pm
Sotheby’s Gallery
1334 York Avenue
New York 10021 US
Tel: +1 212 606 7000
Online Catalogue :
http://www.sothebys.com/pdf/2014/N09275/index.html
