Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2712, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Saul Mauriber | Portrait of the photographer Carl Van Vechten. |
1952 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 527.80 | |
| 32 | Margaret Cresson | Jerry (figure with arms raised). |
Circa 1940s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,575.00 | |
| 33 | PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French) | Monroe Wheeler and Paul Cadmus. |
Circa 1940s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 34 | PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French) | Paul Cadmus with a canvas for the Richmond, VA mural "Pochahntas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith," possibly a self-portrait. |
Circa 1940s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,225.00 | |
| 35 | PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French) | Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, Provincetown. |
1947 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 36 | Jared French | Untitled. |
1950 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,087.50 | |
| 37 | Jared French | A series of 4 intimate photographs of Ted Starkowski and Chuck Howard. |
1954 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 38 | George Platt Lynes | Marcel Khill with a drawing by Jean Cocteau. |
1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,875.00 | |
| 39 | George (1846) Platt | Jared French (nude). |
Circa 1945. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,850.00 | |
| 40 | George (1846) Platt | A suite of three portraits of Lotte Lehmann, the German-American soprano (1888-1976). |
1947-52. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 41 | George Platt Lynes | Portrait of the American painter Bernard Perlin (1918-2014). |
1948 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | George Platt Lynes | Alexander Jensen Yow Leaning on Bed. |
Circa 1952. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | Minor White | Male Nude (Gino Cipolla, Portland). |
1940; printed circa 1970. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 44 | Louise Dahl-Wolfe | Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, Central Park, N.Y. |
1938; printed 1970s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,300.00 | |
| 45 | Cecil Beaton | Portrait of the actress Ruth Ford (1911-2009). |
Circa 1940s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | Cecil Beaton | Ram Gopal (1912-2003), Indian dancer, and pupil near Government House, Bombay [Mumbai]. |
1944 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,690.00 | |
| 47 | Alexander Jensen Yow | Portrait of the photographer Cecil Beaton. |
Circa 1950s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 48 | Horst | Gertrude Stein, Paris. |
1946; printed 1980s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,112.50 | |
| 49 | Frederick Melton & Wilbur Pippin (active 1940s-50s) | Portrait of Truman Capote. |
Circa 1950. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Alvin Ailey | Choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. |
1959 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,950.00 | |
| 51 | James Baldwin | Giovanni's Room. |
1956 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 9,750.00 | |
| 52 | Rock Hudson | Rock Hudson. Universal-International Star. 2 Cut-Outs. |
1957 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 53 | Paul Cadmus | Horseplay. |
1935 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,394.00 | |
| 54 | Paul Cadmus | Two Boys on a Beach, No. 1 |
1979 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,087.50 | |
| 55 | Paul Cadmus | Two Boys On A Beach, No. 2 |
1989 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,070.00 |
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