HINE, LEWIS (1874–1940)
Baker, Lower East Side, 1910 and Girl Picking Cotton, n.d., both likely printed 1930s. Gelatin silver prints, 4 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (133 x 180 mm), versos both signed "Hine" in pencil, the first with a title in pencil, the second untitled; both with Hine's Hastings-on-Hudson stamp. Minor silvering to the edges of the first print, a few small marks noted in raking light, light edgewear to both.
Neither of these prints fluoresces in ultra-violet, so these works are most likely printed before the widespread introduction of optical brighteners into papers in the mid-1950s. The various posthumous printings that surfaced in the 1990s were generally on paper containing optical brighteners, which exhibit fluorescence, which was indeed one of the ways they were identified as fraudulent. These later printings are generally large-format images, not the 5 x 7-inch occupational prints.
Sold for $576
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
HINE, LEWIS (1874–1940)
Baker, Lower East Side, 1910 and Girl Picking Cotton, n.d., both likely printed 1930s. Gelatin silver prints, 4 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (133 x 180 mm), versos both signed "Hine" in pencil, the first with a title in pencil, the second untitled; both with Hine's Hastings-on-Hudson stamp. Minor silvering to the edges of the first print, a few small marks noted in raking light, light edgewear to both.
Neither of these prints fluoresces in ultra-violet, so these works are most likely printed before the widespread introduction of optical brighteners into papers in the mid-1950s. The various posthumous printings that surfaced in the 1990s were generally on paper containing optical brighteners, which exhibit fluorescence, which was indeed one of the ways they were identified as fraudulent. These later printings are generally large-format images, not the 5 x 7-inch occupational prints.
Auction: Fine Art & Photographs, Dec 5, 2024
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful sale in the popular Fine Art auction category on December 5, 2024. Showcased were paintings, prints and sculpture spanning the Post-War years to the present day by established and emerging artists.
Jamini Roy's Black Horse was a highlight of the sale receiving multiple bids internationally and selling for $8,960 against an estimate of $5,000-7,000. A wonderful example of artist's practice of blending Bengali patachitra paintings with flattened modernist elements, Roy's work has received new acclaim in recent years for ushering a unique identify for Indian art in modernist era. Declared a national treasure under Indian law, collectors are increasingly vying to acquire a work by him on the international art market.
Robert Moore Kulicke was a renaissance man with a deep understanding of the history of art and a reverence for the art of his own time. He was a master frame-maker, designing frames for Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and MoMA, as well as making period frames for works by Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci. Kulicke was also a renowned goldsmith who excelled in the art of cloisonné. And of course, he was a painter. His still lifes evoke Morandi with their quiet solitude and Manet with jewel-like colors set against rich greys. These qualities are on full display in Wildflowers in a Glass Jar with Fallen Blossom, which sold for $12,160 more than doubling its estimate of $3,000-5,000.
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