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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

David Vestal

Selected Images (2 photographs)

Lot closes

October 21, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Current Bid

500 USD

7 Bids

No reserve

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Lot Details

Description

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

David Vestal

1924 - 2013


Selected Images (2 photographs)

i. 14th Street and 4th Avenue, New York

the photographer's 77 E 10th St. studio and a Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (on the reverse)

gelatin silver print, flush-mounted

9 by 13⅜ in. 

22.9 by 34 cm.

Executed circa 1940.


ii. Untitled (bird's eye view of sidewalk)

gelatin silver print, mounted

4⅞ by 9¼ in.

12.4 by 23.5 cm.

Executed circa 1940.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Natalie Alford at Natalie.Alford@sothebys.com. 

14th Street and 4th Avenue, New York

Acquired from the photographer with the Edward Steichen Fund in 1950 by the present owner


Untitled (bird's eye view of sidewalk)

Acquired from the photographer with the Mrs. Charles Liebman Fund in 1949 by the present owner

Untitled (bird's eye view of sidewalk):

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Photographs by 51 Photographers, August - September 1950