Be-hold 55 Auction of fine photographs
Catalog Information: 119 lots with images | View lots
Date: September 30, 2010
Auction House:
Location:
78 Rockland Avenue
Yonkers, NY
USA
10705
Phone: +1 914 423 5806
Fax: +1 914 423 5802
Email: behold@be-hold.com
Viewing Notes:
Material may be viewed by appointment at our premises in Yonkers, NY. From Friday September 24 to Thursday September 30th there will be a Preview at the Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Avenue (between 11 and 12th Street) in Manhattan. Hours are 1:00 - 7:00 p.m. weekdays, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. weekends, and up to the auction at 4:00 p.m. on September 30th. There will be a reception and talk at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday September 26.
Lot 1: Grieving hidden mother tintype
An older woman with a serious expression holds what appears to be a dead baby. Behind her, to the side, a woman crouches in a mourning attitude, her face hidden by the seated woman. Typically early studio images have hidden mothers when the mother is [...more]
Lot 2: Four Hispanic women tintype
An unusual arrangement of these young women. The one in the center, in a dark dress, holds a fan. Their dress, hair, and of course the fan, suggest Hispanic origin, though this is an American tintype. There is slight crazing of the varnished surface [...more]
Lot 3: Man with long whip tintype
MAN WITH A LONG WHIP, ½ PLATE TINTYPE. He stands straight, not needing the posing stand that remains at the left. He supports himself slightly with his hand on the chair, the other hand holds a whip. His dapper dress, with tall hat, velvet collar on [...more]
Lot 4: 33 CDV's French Painters
33 CDV PORTRAITS OF FRENCH PAINTERS. These are mostly by F. Mulnier, with advertising of the firm's medals at the Exposition Universelle on the verso. They have pen identifications on the verso, and a few have small imprinted labels. One encounters n [...more]
Lot 5: Algerian man study, front and side, by Rousseau 1860
STUDY OF AN ALGERIAN MAN, FRONT AND SIDE. Pair of 5 ¾ x 4 ¼ inch oval albumenized salt prints, each with a label on the verso for the "Collection anthropologique du Museum de Paris." They were taken by Rousseau in 1860. The subject is identif [...more]
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