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Auction Name
Artists at Work: Photographs from the Collection of Milton Esterow Showcase Auction
Auction Date
04/08/2026 - 04/08/2026
Sale Number
#11258
Total Lots
106
Sold Lots
101.0
Lots Sold
95.28%
Unsold Lots
5
Total Sales (USD)
50,471.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
92,250.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
134,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
94,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
138,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
36.49%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38075 Rudy Burckhardt

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

1970s-1980s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,000.00
38043 Robert Doisneau

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.

1952 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
38078 Robert Rauschenberg

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.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
38083 Rudy Burckhardt

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

1960s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
38049 Robert Doisneau

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.

1954 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
38068 Julian Wasser

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)

1964 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
38061 Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton

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.

c. 1940 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
38052 Roberto Turnbull

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.

1920s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
38010 Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

1944 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,250.00
38027 Brassai

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.

1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,250.00
38002 Maurice Guibert

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)

circa 1890 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,218.75
38042 Robert Doisneau

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.

1952 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,187.50
38005 Berenice Abbott

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.

1927 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,156.25
38020 Lotte Jacobi

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.

1930s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
38017 Man Ray

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

c. 1924 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
38039 Robert Doisneau

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.

1950s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,000.00
38014 Andre Kertesz

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.

1933 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 906.25
38077 Rudy Burckhardt

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

1960s USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 875.00
38041 Henri Cartier-Bresson

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.

1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 875.00
38035 Robert Doisneau

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

1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50

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