E-Photo
Issue #269  10/18/2024
 
Bidding Is Open on Photo Review Benefit Auction to Be Held Saturday, October 26th
Lucien Clergue: Footprints of the Gods, Fertility, 1982, chromogenic print, signed recto, on original mount. Image size: 19" x 13" , sheet size: matted 24" x 20"  (Estimate $1,200–$2,400).
Lucien Clergue: Footprints of the Gods, Fertility, 1982, chromogenic print, signed recto, on original mount. Image size: 19" x 13" , sheet size: matted 24" x 20" (Estimate $1,200–$2,400).

The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography founded in 1976, will celebrate its 48th anniversary with its Annual Benefit Auction on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 4 p.m. at the Moore College of Art & Design, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA. The auction will offer a large array of photographs from the 19th century to the present.

A preview will be held at Moore on Friday, October 25, 12–5 p.m., and Saturday, October 26, 11–4 p.m. There will be a reception on Saturday from 3–4 p.m. honoring the winner of The Photo Review Award for 2024, Alex Novak, in recognition of his E-Photo Newsletter and his generous support of various museums and nonprofit institutions.

Buyers can preview the auction online and place bids at https://photoreview.org/events/2024-benefit-auction. Once again The Photo Review will offer its "End This Auction" feature. Bid the high estimate on any unsold lot by 6 pm EST on October 25th by emailing auction@photoreview.org, faxing 1-215-891-9358, or calling 1-215-891-0214 and your bid will be considered the winning bid and the work will be withdrawn from the auction.

The event will feature an international slate of photographers, as well as a host of Philadelphia artists.

Arthur Tress: Girl in Bathing Suit with Eagle, Massachusetts. Silver print, 7-5/8 x 7-5/8 in. (194 x 194 mm), 1973 vintage print, unmounted. Photographer's stamp on verso.  His signature and title in black ink on verso. (Estimate $2,000-$4,000)
Arthur Tress: Girl in Bathing Suit with Eagle, Massachusetts. Silver print, 7-5/8 x 7-5/8 in. (194 x 194 mm), 1973 vintage print, unmounted. Photographer's stamp on verso. His signature and title in black ink on verso. (Estimate $2,000-$4,000)

Beginning and experienced collectors alike will have the opportunity to bid on work by such 20th-century masters as Ansel Adams, Gene Badger, Karl Blossfeldt, A. Aubrey Bodine, Frederic Boissonas, Anne Brigman, Will A. Cadby, Hal Clark, Lucien Clergue, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, William Edward Dassonville, Edmund J. Duffy, John Dugdale, David Douglas Duncan, Harold Feinstein, Susan Fenton, Godfrey Frankel, Leonard Freed, Judy Gelles, George Gilbert (attrib.), Laura Gilpin, Arlene Gottfried, E. O. Hoppé, George Hurrell, Gertrude Käsebier, Marcus Leatherdale, Nathan Lyons, Martha Madigan, William Prescott Mayfield, Donald Mennie, Bruce Murray, Sr., Carl Mydans, Beaumont Newhall, Arnold Newman, Enrico Pedrotti, Edward W. Quigley, Robert F. Sargent, Jan Saudek, Peter Stackpole, Paul Strand, Dick Tripp, William O. Underwood, Bradford Washburn and Cole Weston.

Beaumont Newhall: Edward Weston in his Darkroom Window, Carmel. Silver print, 13-1/8 x 10 in. (333 x 254 mm), 1940/1970s, unmounted. Signed and inscribed in pencil on mount recto below print: Edward Weston 1940 / Beaumont Newhall. (Estimate $1,600-2,800).
Beaumont Newhall: Edward Weston in his Darkroom Window, Carmel. Silver print, 13-1/8 x 10 in. (333 x 254 mm), 1940/1970s, unmounted. Signed and inscribed in pencil on mount recto below print: Edward Weston 1940 / Beaumont Newhall. (Estimate $1,600-2,800).

Among the contemporary photo stars whose work will go on the block are Mariette Pathy Allen, David Allison, Robert Asman, Tom Baril, Gary Beeber, Steven Benson, Andrew Borowiec, Tony Decaneas, Ron Evans, Jed Fielding, Steve Fitch, Phyllis Galembo, Hank Gans, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Elijah Gowin, David Graham, Margo L. Hamilton, Pamela Ellis Hawkes, Ken Hawkins, Jefferson Hayman, Henry Horenstein, John Humble, Addie Kaplan, Thomas Kellner, Kay Kenny, Klett & Wolfe, George Krause, David Lebe, Isa Leshko, Barbara E. Leven, Ted Lieverman, Danny Lyon, Cynthia Matthews, Norman McGrath, Scott McMahon and Ahmed Salvador, Duane Michals, Bea Nettles, Bill Owens, Larry Racioppo, Martin E. Rich, Stan Ries, Thomas Roma, Ernestine Ruben, Ronnie Sacco, Sebastião Salgado, Michelle Sank, Wendi Schneider, Vincent Serbin, Rick Smolan, Christine O Sobczak, Lance Speer, Tamara Staples, Maggie Taylor, Charles Traub, Mariela Sandoval Vanhinah, David H. Wells, and Joel-Peter Witkin.

Featured local luminaries include James B. Abbott, Susan Abrams, Theo Anderson, David Aschkenas, Laurence Bach, Ricardo Barros, Laurie Beck-Peterson, John A. Benigno, Thomas Brummet, Howard Brunner, Diane Burko, Charmaine Caire, John J. Carlano, Paula Chamlee, Jano Cohen, Gerald Cyrus, Sandra C. Davis, Edmund Eckstein, Harvey Finkle, David Freese, Annarita Gentile, Alvin Gilens, Tom Goodman, R. Andrew Hoff, Walter Holt, Catherine Jansen, Richard Kagan, Chris Karfakis, Bruce Katsiff, Richard Kent, Brian Lav, Jenny Lynn, Mark Perrott, Stuart Rome, Laurence Salzmann, John Singletary, Leif Skoogfors, John Slavin, Amanda Tinker, Blaise Tobia, Daniel Traub, Sarah Van Keuren, Al Wachlin, Jr., Eric Weeks, Christine Welch and Richard Wright.

William Henry Jackson: Lower Yellowstone Falls. Albumen print from wet plate negative, 12-15/16 x 9-13/16 in. (330 x 250 mm), 1880c, on original mount. Title reversed out of the negative at the lower right of the image. Photographer's name and date in pencil at lower left below image on the mount. (Estimate $1,200-$1,500)
William Henry Jackson: Lower Yellowstone Falls. Albumen print from wet plate negative, 12-15/16 x 9-13/16 in. (330 x 250 mm), 1880c, on original mount. Title reversed out of the negative at the lower right of the image. Photographer's name and date in pencil at lower left below image on the mount. (Estimate $1,200-$1,500)

In addition, a broad range of 19th-century and vernacular photographs is up for bid, including photographers Philadelphia photographer Robert Newell, John Hillers, Nadar, Carlo Naya, William Henry Jackson, David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson, Frances Frith, Giovanni Crupi, N D. Phot. (Etienne Neurdein), Plate & Co., Carlo Ponti, Isaiah Taber, Achille Quinet, Ildefonse Rousset, Giorgio Sommer, Washington Lafayette Germon, Edizione Esposito, James Bartlett Rich, Stephen Thompson and George Washington Wilson.

According to Photo Review editor Stephen Perloff, prices will range from $25 to $10,000. More than 225 photographs by an international slate of photographers will be included in the benefit auction.

Proceeds from the auction, a popular event since 1981, fund such activities as an annual juried competition for emerging photographers.

Images are available upon request.

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 biannual 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 $50 a year.

Preview or bid at https://photoreview.org/events/2024-benefit-auction/2024-catalog/.

Contact: Stephen Perloff at +1-215-891-0214, info@photoreview.org, or https://www.photoreview.org.