Pick of the Season

Black and white photo of three children in masks on the stoop of an NYC brownstone.

Helen Levitt
New York City, c. 1942
Gelatin silver print
Image size: 8 × 12 inches
Sheet size: 11 × 14 inches
Framed size: 15 ⅛ × 19 inches
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on verso

Black and white photo of children on a bustling NYC street in the 1940s, holding the frame of a broken mirror, as a small boy on a bike peers through the empty frame.

Helen Levitt
New York City, c. 1942
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image: 8 ½ × 5 ½ inches
Sheet: 10 × 6 ⅜ inches
Signed, titled, and dated on verso

Black and white photo of two young girls who are both inside the same coat.

Diane Arbus
Kids in a Coat, New York City, 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 × 6 inches
Stamped and copyright 1963 by Doon Arbus on verso
Artist estate print number and signed by Doon Arbus as Administrator

Black and white photo, shot from above, showing tow young girtls sprintg across an empty lot, with other kids on the other side, in the distant background.

Roy DeCarava
“Kids God Bless”, From Belafonte, New York 19, c. 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print, on period mount
Image size: 13 ½ in × 19 ¾ inches
Framed size: 24 ½ × 30 inches
Titled in pencil on mount verso

Black and white photo of five children playing on a handrail to public steps—watching as one boy slides down.

André Kertész
Stairs with Children, Paris, 1933
Vintage gelatin silver print
7 × 9 ⅜ inches
Stamped on verso: photographer’s ‘Rue du Cotentin’ copyright credit

Black and white photo of a very tall man with a cane looking down at his parents in their living room.

Diane Arbus
A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y., 1970
Vintage gelatin silver print
20 × 16 inch sheet
Stamped, and signed by Doon Arbus on verso

Black and white image of an adolescent girl sitting on an adult man's lap. The man is talking to two friends at an outdoor patio table, while the girl looks back at the caeram.

Sally Mann
Untitled (Leah and Her Father), from the series "At Twelve", c. 1983–1985
Gelatin silver print
Image size: 10 × 12 inches
Framed size: 19 ½ × 20 ¾ inches
Signed in pencil on verso

Intimate black and white portrait of a bearded sailor who is sitting close to a woman with a flower in her hair. They are seated together in a bar.

Lisette Model
Sailor and Girl, Sammy's, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print
20 × 16 inches
Published by Aperture in 1979
Signed and stamped on verso

Black and white photo of a military statue in Times Square, with a large Coca-Cola sign behind.

Lee Friedlander
Father Duffy, Times Square, New York City, 1974
Gelatin silver print
11 × 14 inches

Black and white photo of an old fashioned mantle in a parlor with more than a dozen photo portraits of women displayed on and around it.

E. J. Bellocq
Mantel, Storyville, c. 1912
Gelatin silver print, on printing-out-paper
10 × 8 inches
Printed by Ron Todd c. 1985
Stamped on verso

Black and white photo of a retail postcard display, featuring glamorous portraits of mid-century Hollywood actresses.

Robert Frank
Hollywood, 1955
Gelatin silver print
Sheet size: 13 ⅞ × 11 inches
Image size: 11 × 3 ⅝ inches
Signed and titled on recto

Black and white photo portrait of two African men, in a colorful hand painted frame.

Malick Sidibé
Untitled (Portrait of Two Malian Men), c. 1969-79
Vintage gelatin silver print in hand-painted frame
Print: 6 ⅜ × 4 ¼ inches
Frame: 16 ⅞ × 12 ⅝ inches
Frame painted c. 2003

Woman taking a distorted black and white self portrait by pointing her camera at a reflective bauble, with her two children.

Annemarie Heinrich
Self portrait with Children, 1947
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 ¼ × 9 inches
Stamped and titled on verso

Staged black and white photo of a group of four people working in a 1970s era office.

Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Artists Space), c. 1978
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 × 10 inches
Signed in pencil on overmatte below the image: “Dear John, I’ve Missed you! Cindy”

Black and white photo of Davi Hockney making a drawing of the back of a bearded man's head.

Sidney Felsen
Henry Geldzahler sitting for David Hockney, 1976
Gelatin silver print
9 × 13 ½ inches
Signed on verso

Black and white photo portrait of a Black motorcycle rider with a woman sitting behind him, both with their eyes downcast, with a small crowd looking on in the backgorun.

Robert Frank
Indianapolis, Indiana, 1956
Gelatin silver print (printed 1971 by Michael Becotte)
8 ¾ × 13 ¼ inches
Reproduced in The Americans

Black and white aerial photo looking down on Midtown Manhattan at night, showing the illuminated streets and building windows.

Berenice Abbott
New York at Night, 1932
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1980
26 ½ × 22 ½ inches

Black and white photo of a group of commuters standing at a bust stop that is dramatically illuminated by a shaft of light.

Ray K. Metzker
Philadelphia, 1981
Gelatin silver print
11 × 14 inches
Edition of 25 + 4AP
Stamp signature on verso

Black and white photo showing an abandoned car with shattered glass on pavement.

Peter Hujar
Wreck with Shattered Window, 1976
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1980 by the artist
20 × 16 inches
Estate stamp with title and date in pencil on verso

Black and white photo of a boy striking a combative pose in front of a 1940s car, wearing a rubber mask.

Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Untitled, Chicago, (boy wearing mask), c. 1950
Vintage gelatin silver print, embossed on recto
Image size: 10 ¾ × 7 ¾ inches
Framed size: 16 ½ × 13 ¼ inches
Signed on verso

Black and white photo showing a group of kids playing on a jungle gym.

Peter Hujar
Southbury, Connecticut, 1957
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image size: 14 ⅝ × 14 ⅝ inches
Sheet size: 20 × 16 inches
Signed in ink on verso

Black and white photo of four small Black children in a derelict-looking urban lot, with a hand painted church sign on a brick wall.

Walker Evans
Church of God in Christ, Chicago, 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image size: 7 × 8 inches
Framed size: 16 × 17 ¼ inches
Stamped on verso
Made for the Fortune Magazine article Chicago: A Camera Exploration, published February,
1947

Black and white phot ofo a shirtless boy shooting a basketball in a desolate desert yard.

Danny Lyon
Llanito, New Mexico, 1970
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image size: 6 ½ × 9 ¾ inches
Framed size: 20 ¾ × 16 ¾ inches

High contrast black and white photo showing some seeded plants standing in front of a darker grassy hill.

Ray K. Metzker
Spain, 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 × 10 inches
Signed on verso

Black and white close up and soft toned photograph of a single magnolia blossom.

Imogen Cunningham
Magnolia Blossom, 1929
Gelatin silver print
10 ¾ × 13 ⅝ inch print
14 ¾ × 20 inch mount
Printed 1970’s
Embossed signature on mount, Cunningham Trust label on verso

Black and white photo of a man interacting with a seal in front of onlookers at an outdoor aquarium.

Garry Winogrand
Aquarium at Coney Island, 1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 ¼ × 9 ½ inches
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches
MoMA label on verso

Black and white portrait of a young shirtless boy faintly smiling at the camera as he leans back on his blissful looking black poodle.

Richard Avedon
Boy and Poodle, c. 1950s
Vintage gelatin silver printImage size: 13 ¼ × 10 ½ inches
Framed size: 22 × 19 inches
Signed in ink on mount recto

Oval 19th cnetory black and white portrait of a young boy.

Félix Nadar
Portrait of Paul Nadar, c. 1862
Vintage collotype, mounted on card
Image size (tondo): 9 ¼ × 7 ¼ inches
Mount size: 9 ¾ × 7 ⅝ inches

Black and white panoramic format photo of a young boy by the edge of a poll at a resort.

Jacques Henri Lartigue
Dani, Palm Beach, Cannes, 1931
Vintage gelatin silver print
Inscribed on mount verso
Image size: 2 ¾ × 6 ¾ inches
Framed size: 9 × 13 inches

Old black and white photo of a man in standing next to a spindly tree in a downpour on a NYC avenue.

Alfred Stieglitz
Spring Showers, c. 1900–1901
Vintage photogravure
Published in Camera Work Nº. 36
Image size: 9 × 3 ½ inches

Black and white photo of an arm mysteriously gripping someone or something, as seen through a subway door's window.

Kazuo Sumida
West 28th Street, 1995
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 ¾ × 17 ¼ inches
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches
Edition of 15

Black and white photo of a man peering through a windshield of a car, where dust has been wiped away.

Neal Slavin
Dusty Lisbon Funeral Car, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 × 14 inches

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