A Hundred Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, (1902-2002), "La buena fama dormiendo" ("The Good reputation sleeping"). Silver print, 10x13 inches (25.4x33.02 cm.), with Bravo's signature and "Mexico," in pencil, on verso; framed. 1939; printed early 1980s. Estimate $7,000-10,000. From the collection of Stephen Shames.
NEW YORK.- Among the iconic and desirable images in Swann Galleries' auction of 100 Fine Photographs on Wednesday, February 14 is Alfred Eisenstaedt's beloved image of a sailor planting a passionate kiss on a nurse on the streets of New York in celebration of the end of World War II, 1945, printed 1980s (estimate: $9,000 to $12,000). (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)
Portfolio entitled "The Royal Photographic Society from the Tyng Collection," containing 6 photogravures. Photogravures, 10x7 1/2 inches (25.4x19.05 cm.), tipped to the original mounts.
