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Christie's Presents the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection
20 September 2023
NEW YORK -- Christie's has announced Photographs, an online auction featuring the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection that will be open for bids through Oct. 4.
László Moholy–Nagy. Untitled, 1928-1929, unique gelatin silver print, estimate: $200,000 to $300,000.
The Alan and Dorothy Press Collection includes curated prints gathered over a span of 30 years. "The collection includes a select group of avant-garde photographs from the 1920s and 1930s that exemplify some of the most important innovations in the medium and, more broadly, of 20th century art," Christie's said.
Highlights include an early unique photogram by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, as well as a unique Rayograph from 1923 by Man Ray. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray were both early pioneers of camera-less images.
"The excitement of experimentation palpable in photographic works by Man Ray, Andre Kertesz and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy in the Press Collection is matched in dynamism by the later, iconoclastic Post-War scenes of America including an early print of Robert Frank's iconic work, Trolley- New Orleans," the company said.
Among the highlights of the auction is a rare exhibition print of Stieglitz's 1894 work, A Venetian Courtyard, in platinum, which was exhibited at the 1899 Philadelphia Salon. Previously thought to be lost, the print -- in the original frame, backing and exhibition label and filled out in the hand of Stieglitz -- is a historical gem, Christie's said.
An additional outstanding piece is the largest known lifetime print of an image by E.J. Bellocq.
Visit Photographs to see the collection.