Walker Evans
Selected Images , 1974 (Printed)
Lot #44 |
2021-07-21 |
Sotheby's, New York
Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve
Category:
Photograph
Estimate:
USD 5,000 - 7,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10725
Auction name: Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2021-07-21
End date: 2021-07-28
Currency: USD
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Photography & Video
Medium: Login to view
Dimensions: 4 ¾ by 4 ¾ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
12.1
Width In Centimeters:
12.1
Height In Inches:
4.75
Width In Inches:
4.75
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Edition: Unique
Edition notes: Unique.
Year notes: Printed in 1974.
Provenance
The photographer to Bobbi Carrey, friend and fellow photographer, 1974
Literature
cf. Maria Morris Hambourg, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Douglas Eklund, and Mia Fineman, Walker Evans (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000), pls. 179-186 Catalogue note Bobbi Carrey worked for Walker Evans during the summer of 1974. During this time she arranged, at Evans's request, for copies to be made of his unique SX-70 Polaroid prints. These enlargements were made by the Polaroid company, and according to Carrey, no more than 3 enlargements of an image were made.
Catalog summary
Walker Evans 1903 - 1975 Selected Images a group of 7 chromogenic enlargements of Polaroid originals, including 4 studies of Road Markings , 1973, printed in 1974 (7) images: each 4 ¾ by 4 ¾ in. (12.1 by 12.1 cm.) Provenance The photographer to Bobbi Carrey, friend and fellow photographer, 1974 Literature cf. Maria Morris Hambourg, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Douglas Eklund, and Mia Fineman, Walker Evans (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000), pls. 179-186 Catalogue note Bobbi Carrey worked for Walker Evans during the summer of 1974. During this time she arranged, at Evans's request, for copies to be made of his unique SX-70 Polaroid prints. These enlargements were made by the Polaroid company, and according to Carrey, no more than 3 enlargements of an image were made.