Heritage Auctions: Artists at Work: Photographs from the Collection of Milton Esterow Showcase Auction

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Alex Katz: Selected Studies (41 works), 1970s-1980s Gelatin silver prints Each c. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse (sheet) Each variously credited, titled, dated, inscribed in pencil/ink, with the photogr

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994) Le Pains du Picasso, 1952 Gelatin silver print, printed later 11 x 8-3/4 inches (27.9 x 22.2 cm) (image) 16 x 12 inches (sheet) Signed in ink, lower margin recto. Initialed, titled and dated in ink, verso.

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008) Jasper Johns in His Studio, New York City, #11, 1955 Gelatin silver print, printed later 15 x 14-7/8 inches (38.1 x 37.7 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed, titled and dated in ink, margin recto.

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Donald Judd: Selected studies (25 works), 1960s Gelatin silver prints, printed later Each c. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse (sheet) The majority with the photographer's studio/ ARTnews stamps and affixe

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994) Fernand Leger dans Ses Oeuvres, 1954 Gelatin silver print, printed 1979 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.4 cm) (image) 12 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed in ink, margin recto. Initialed, titled and dated in ink, verso.

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (American, 1903-1990) Gjon Mili, c. 1940 Gelatin silver print, printed later 11-3/8 x 10 inches (28.8 x 25.4 cm) (image) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Signed and titled in pencil, verso.

Julian Wasser (American, 1933-22023) Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1964 Gelatin silver print 6-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm) (sight)

Roberto Turnbull (Mexican, active 1920s) Diego Rivera, 1920s Gelatin silver print 6-1/4 x 4-3/8 inches (15.9 x 11.0 cm) (image) 6-34 x 4-5/8 inches (sheet) Titled, inscribed in pencil and with the photographer's studio stamp, verso.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) Henri Matisse with Doves, Villa Le Reve, Vence, 1944 Gelatin silver print, printed later 8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5 cm) Credited, titled in an unknown hand in pencil and with the photographer's Magnum stamp, verso

Brassai (French, 1899-1984) "Femme Qui Marche" (1932) by Alberto Giacometti, 1935 Gelatin silver print 9 x 6-1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm) Dated in pencil and with the photographer's studio stamp, verso.

Maurice Guibert (French, 1856-1913) Lautrec Sitting for a Self Portrait, circa 1890 Halftone print, printed later 7-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches (19.7 x 18.4 cm) (image) 8-3/4 x 8 inches (sheet)

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994) Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot, 1952 Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980 9-1/2 x 10 inches (24.1 x 25.4 cm) (image) 12 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed in ink, margin recto. Initialed, titled and dated in ink, verso.

Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991) Eugene Atget, 1927 Gelatin silver print, printed later 13-7/8 x 20-7/8 inches (35.2 x 53 cm) (image) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Signed in ink, titled in pencil and with the photographer's Maine studio stamp, verso.

Lotte Jacobi (American, 1896-1990) Kathe Kollwitz, 1930s Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches (23.5 x 22.5 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Signed in pencil, image recto.

Man Ray (American, 1890-1976) Marcel Duchamp with Shaving Lather, for "Monte Carlo Bonds", c. 1924 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-3/8 x 7-1/2 inches (23.7 x 19.1 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Credit, titled and inscribed Coll Teeny Duchamp in a

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994) Jean Arp (3 works), 1950s Gelatin silver prints Each 7 x 9-1/2 inches (17.8 x 24.1 cm) (image/sheet) Each with sitter credit in pencil/ink and with the photographer's studio stamp, verso.

Andre Kertesz (Hungarian, 1894-1985) Marc Chagall, 1933 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-1/2 x 6-5/8 inches (24.1 x 16.9 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Signed, titled and dated in pencil, verso.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) Marcel Duchamp, 1968 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-1/4 x 14 inches (23.5 x 35.6 cm) (image) 12 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed in ink and with the photographer's blindstamp, margin recto.

Rudy Burckhardt (American, 1914-1999) Various studies by Willem De Kooning, Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns (19 works), 1960s Gelatin silver prints The majority 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) or the reverse (sheet) Each with the photographer's studio stamp

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1994) Vice et Versailles (Prisonnier Barbe et Venus Callipyge), 1966 Gelatin silver print, printed November 1980 9-3/8 x 14-1/8 inches (23.7 x 35.9 cm) (image) 12 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed in ink, margin recto. Initialed, ti

Rudy Burckhardt (Swiss/American, 1914-1999) Architecture by Antoni Gaudi: View of the Facade of Sagrada Familia from the Temple of the Holy Family, and Casa Mila La Padrera, Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona (2 works), circa 1960s Gelatin silver prints Each c. 8

Anonymous (20th Century) Picasso dans son atelier d'Antibes, 1950s Gelatin silver print 4-1/8 x 2-1/2 inches (10.5 x 6.3 cm) (image) 4-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches (sheet) Credit 'R.R' and titled in ink on an affixed label, verso.

Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014) Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Aaron Siskind, Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Andre Kertesz, Arles, July, 1979 Gelatin silver print, printed 2001 9-1/2 x 14-1/8 inches (24.1 x 35.9 cm) (image) 12 x 16 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, da

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Salvador Dali Set for "Sentimental Colloquy", Ballet International at the International Theatre, 1944 Gelatin silver print 9-1/4 x 8 inches (23.5 x 20.3 cm) (image/sheet) Titled in ink and with the photographer's stu

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976) Alfred Stieglitz, Photographer, 1934 Gelatin silver print, printed later 9-5/8 x 7-3/4 inches (24.5 x 19.7 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and dated in pencil, mount recto. Typed titled and date on an affixed Cunningham Tr