Live Auction 14977Photographs Including Property from the Museum of Modern Art
JOHN GUTMANN (1905–1998)
Lot 168

JOHN GUTMANN (1905–1998)

Ten Photographs, 1982

Closed10 October 2017

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JOHN GUTMANN (1905–1998)
Ten Photographs, 1982
San Francisco and New York: Fraenkel/Heifman Publications, 1982. Portfolio of 10 gelatin silver prints; each signed, titled, dated and numbered '36/50' in pencil (verso); each image approx. 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 (36.9 x 29.3 cm.) or inverse, each sheet approx. 17 x 14 in. (43.3 x 35.6 cm.) or inverse; number thirty-six from an edition of fifty plus eight artist's proofs.

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989.

Specialist note

The plates are as follows:

1. Omen, 1934

2. Lunch Hour, San Francisco, 1934

3. Elevator Garage, Chicago, 1936

4. "Yes, Columbus Did Discover America!," San Francisco, 1938

5. Apology, 1938

6. "Switch to Dodge," Detroit, 1936

7. The Fleet is In, San Francisco, 1934

8. Class. Olympic High Diving Champion Marjorie Gestring, 1936

9. In the Background: The Pimp, New Orleans, 1937

10. The Oracle, 1949