Dec 5, 2024 11:00 EST

Fine Art & Photographs

 
  Lot 233
 

233

W. Eugene Smith Migrant Workers

SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918–1978)

Migrant Workers, 1953, likely printed 1950s-1960s, and possibly vintage. Gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 x 12 5/8 inches (263 x 365 mm), dry-mounted to card, verso titled "Migrant Workers" in pencil, stamped "Personal Exhibition Print Returnable on Demand," and with his Croton on Hudson "Photograph By" stamp, his "This Photograph may not be reproduced without the consent of W. Eugene Smith" stamp, and with the circular Smith estate stamp indicating that it was in the collection of Smith at his death in 1978. There is also a notation in crayon "Set # 4." Some silvering to the edges of the image, the surface of the print otherwise without any noted defects, a later mat adhered to the upper surface of the mount.

Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

 

SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918–1978)

Migrant Workers, 1953, likely printed 1950s-1960s, and possibly vintage. Gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 x 12 5/8 inches (263 x 365 mm), dry-mounted to card, verso titled "Migrant Workers" in pencil, stamped "Personal Exhibition Print Returnable on Demand," and with his Croton on Hudson "Photograph By" stamp, his "This Photograph may not be reproduced without the consent of W. Eugene Smith" stamp, and with the circular Smith estate stamp indicating that it was in the collection of Smith at his death in 1978. There is also a notation in crayon "Set # 4." Some silvering to the edges of the image, the surface of the print otherwise without any noted defects, a later mat adhered to the upper surface of the mount.

Auction: Fine Art & Photographs, Dec 5, 2024

  • Successful Auction of Fine Art on December 5, 2024

  • Works Spanning the Post-War Years to the Present Day by Established and Emerging Artists

  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

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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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