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Some random images from this collection.
 
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Alfred Boisseau (artist, 1823-1901), 1895, The Photographer, Oil on canvas laid down on board, Sotheby's - New York, LL/127020
Diane Arbus, 1970 (taken) s (early, print), Mexican Dwarf in his hotel room, N.Y.C., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80525
Larry Sultan, 1984-1987, Dad with Raft, [Pictures from Home], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58498
Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1978, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Mich., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58517
Ansel Adams, 1958 (taken) 1973-1979 (?, print), Aspens, Northern New Mexico, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58441
Horatio Ross, 1858 (ca, taken) 1870 (ca, print), Untitled (Sea Coast near Netherley), Albumen print, mounted to an album leaf, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74007
Edward Weston, 1940, Church, Motherlode (Church Door, Hornitos), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58478
László Moholy-Nagy, 1920s (early), Alpenveilchen (Photogram), Printing out paper, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58468
Horst, 1947, Gloves, New York, Platinum-palladium print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43154
Man Ray, 1933, Unitled [Photomontage with nude and studio light], Gelatin silver print, photomontage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43156
Berenice Abbott, 1937, Corlears Street, #3-5, [Changing New York], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58486
Frederick Sommer, 1950 (taken, later print), Circumnavigation Of The Blood, [Venus, Jupiter & Mars], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74000
Edward Weston, n.d., Tina Modotti, Glendale, Platinum print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/47157
Alec Soth, 2005, Falls Manor, [Niagara], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58494
Ansel Adams, 1960, "Polaroid Land Photograph by Ansel Adams" stamp and a Technical data stamp, Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38083
Man Ray, 1934, Pont de la Concorde, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58466
Berenice Abbott, 1937, Gunsmith and Police Department, [Changing New York], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58488
Lee Friedlander, 1974 (taken) 1983 (print), NYC (Father Duffy), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58492
Edward Ruscha, 1966 (taken) 1995 (print), Whiskey-A-Go-Go, [Sunset Strip], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74021
Diane Arbus, 1962 (taken, later print), Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80527
Ruth Orkin, 1945 (ca), Mothers Protesting, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74018
Anson Clark, 1840s (early), Achondroplastic Dwarf in Tartan Dress and Smoking Cap, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/77658
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, Book cover for William Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, Sun Pictures in Scotland, Book cover, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74006
Edward Weston, 1923 (taken, printed later), Nude (Tina on the Beach), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58534
Ansel Adams, 1958 (taken) 1968 (before, print), Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73993
Harry Callahan, 1950 (taken) 1958 (no later, print), Trees and Mist (Chicago, Trees in Snow), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38095
Cindy Sherman, 1980, Untitled Film Still #53, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/29060
David LaChapelle, 2003, Loaves and Fishes, [Jesus is my Homeboy], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74048
Vik Muniz, 1998, Torso (After Frantisek Drtikol), [Pictures of Soil], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58533
Ansel Adams, 1958-1962 (taken) 1960s (early, print), The 'Polaroid Collection' stamp and a stamp for technical data, the latter with information in Adams's Hand., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38085
Gregory Crewdson, 2006, Untitled (The Fort), [Beneath the Roses], Archival pigment print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74050
Robert Frank, 1956 (taken) 1958-1960 (print), Mississippi River, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/29063
Ansel Adams, 1950 (ca, taken) 1963 (print), Sequoia Roots, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, [Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, in Memory of Russell Varian], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73996
Ansel Adams, 1959 (taken) 1973-1979 (?, print), Ice on Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58446
Unidentified photographer, 1850s (mid), A Group of Distinguished Women, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, hand-tinting and gilt-detail, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74005
Lewis W. Hine, 1930 (ca), Tightening the Bolts, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74017
Francesca Woodman, 1975-1976, Untitled, [Portrait of a Reputation], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43160
Eliot Porter, 1980, Portfolio cover for Eliot Porter, 1980, Eliot Porter: Glen Canyon, (New York: Daniel Wolf Press), Portfolio cover, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58448
Larry Sultan, 1984-1987, Los Angeles, Early Evening, [Pictures from Home], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58497
Alex Prager, 2014, Simi Valley, Archival pigment print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74026
Man Ray, 1933 (ca, taken, later print), Marie-Berthe Aurenche, Max Ernst, Lee Miller, and Man Ray, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80517
Ansel Adams, 1921 (taken) 1974 (print), Forest And Stream, Lyell Fork Of The Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73991
Diane Arbus, 1967 (taken) 1973 (print), Boy in Straw Hat waiting to march in a Pro-War Parade, N.Y.C., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80526
Man Ray, 1925 (ca), Jean Cocteau and wire sculpture, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43155
Lee Friedlander, 1966, White Plains, New York, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58482
Eugène Cuvelier, 1863, Franchard, Foret de Fontainebleau, Salt prints, two plate panorama, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58455
William Wegman, 1981, A Polaroid Collection William Wegman label., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38090
Brett Weston, 1928, Bay Window (Victorian House, San Francisco), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73998
Robert Mapplethorpe, 1970s (early), The "Polaroids: Mapplethorpe" exhibition label, Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38093
Ray K. Metzker, 1986 (taken) 1988 (print), Untitled, [Winged Certainties], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58543
Robert Frank, 1954 (taken, later print), NYC (Sagamore Cafeteria), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58493
Lucas Samaras, 1973, Photo-Transformation, Polaroid SX-70, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38097
Katy Grannan, 1998, Untitled, [The Poughkeepsie Journal], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74051
Lucas Samaras, 1974, The 'Polaroid Collections/Do Not Remove' stamp, the "Innovation / Imagination: 50 years of Polaroid Photography" exhibition label, and the "Unrepentant Ego: The Self-portraits of Lucas Samaras" exhibition label., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38089
Peter Beard, 1972 (taken) 2004 (print), Photo Lesson on the S.S. Caroline, Skorpios, Greece, July 1972 (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), Collage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80530
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), The School Group with their teacher, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/61432
Lee Friedlander, 1961-1970 (taken, printed later), [Title requested], [The Little Screens], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58520
Eugène Atget, 1900-1910, Ferme (Auvers S/ Oise), Albumen print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74010
Chuck Close, 1979, The "Innovation / Imagination: 50 years of Polaroid Photography" exhibition label, Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38092
William Eggleston, 1983, Monkey Statuette, Graceland, Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58526
Unidentified photographer (Washington, USA), 1843, March, John Quincy Adams, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/77403
Eugène Atget, 1910, Versailles (Faune), Albumen print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74011
Michael Halsband, 1985 (taken, later print), Jean-Michel Basquiat + Andy Warhol, N.Y.C., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80532
Lewis Baltz, 1974, Industrial structure during painting, Irvine, [New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58518
Irving Penn, 1971 (taken) 1984 (print), Three Village Elders, Khenifra, Morocco (Three Arabs, Morocco), Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74038
Larry Sultan, 1984 (taken, later print), My Mother posing for me, [Pictures from Home], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58496
Walker Evans, 1931, Gothic Gate Cottage, Poughkeepsie, New York, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73997
Walker Evans, 1933 (taken) 1940s-1950s (print), La Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada, Havana, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58449
Irving Penn, 1949 (taken) 1990 (print), Woman on the Beach, Smoking (Mary Jane Russell, Long Island, N.Y.), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80520
Dan Graham, 1966, Row of New "Tract" Houses" and 'Row of "Tract" House with Backyard Fence, [Homes for America], Chromogenic prints, diptych, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58527
Francesca Woodman, 1975-1976, Untitled (Self-portrait, Providence, Rhole Island), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58546
Joel-Peter Witkin, 1982, Portrait of Isabella Brant, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58545
Lee Friedlander, 1961-1970 (taken, printed later), [Title requested], [The Little Screens], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58522
Unidentified photographer (American), 1849, Gouverneur Kemble E. Warren as a West Point Cadet, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58457
Walker Evans, 1929 (ca), Wall Street Windows, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58491
Dorothea Lange, 1936 (taken) 1958 (no later, print), Peapickers Family (Migrant Mother, Nipomo), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38094
Peter Beard, 1976 (taken, later print), Magritte Rammé with World Record Elephant Tusks, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58509
Ray K. Metzker, 1986 (taken) 1988 (print), Untitled, [Winged Certainties], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58541
Irving Penn, 1970 (taken) 1978 (print), Man with Pink Face, New Guinea, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80539
Vik Muniz, 2001, Tackle, [Pictures of Chocolate], Cibachrome print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58530
Larry Sultan, 1984-1987, Dad on Boat, [Pictures from Home], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58499
Andy Warhol, 1979, The 'Polaroid Collections/Do Not Remove' stamp, the "Innovation / Imagination: 50 years of Polaroid Photography" exhibition label, and the "Instant Likeness: Polaroid Portraits" Exhibition label, Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38091
Ansel Adams, 1960 (taken) 1970s (print), The 'Polaroid Corporate Archives' label, and the label from the Ansel Adams & Edwin Land: "Art, Science, and Invention" exhibition., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38087
Ansel Adams, 1944 (taken) 1962-1963 (?, print), Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California (Winter Sunrise), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58442
Adam Fuss, 1988, Untitled, Photogram, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74043
Peter Beard, 1976 (ca, taken, later print), Diary Page, Chromogenic prints (2), Sotheby's - New York, LL/74046
Lucas Samaras, 1973, Photo-Transformation 10/27/73 (Eyes), [Photo-Transformations], Manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74041
Laurie Simmons, 1998, Room Underneath (Gold), Cibachrome print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58531
Francis Frith, 1857-1858, The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the North-East, Albumen print, mammoth plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58456
Neil Leifer, 1966 (taken, later print), Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams, Houston, Texas, Digital chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80531
Henry Wessel, 1973, Buena Vista, Colorado, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58483
Irving Penn, 1949 (taken) 1983 (print), Man lighting girl's cigarette (New York), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80516
Helen Levitt, 1940 (ca), N. Y. (Child with mask and gun), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58489
Ansel Adams, 1960 (ca, taken) 1973-1979 (?, print), Oak Tree, Rain, Sonoma County Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58445
Lee Friedlander, 1961-1970 (taken, printed later), [Title requested], [The Little Screens], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58521
László Moholy-Nagy, 1925-1926 (made) 1926-1929 (print), Fotogramm (Hand), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/67667
Peter Beard, 1972 (taken, assembled later), Lake Rudolf croc and Naomi Simms, Collage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80543
Ray K. Metzker, 1986 (taken) 1988 (print), Untitled, [Winged Certainties], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58540
Ray K. Metzker, 1986 (taken) 1988 (print), Untitled, [Winged Certainties], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58542
Ansel Adams, 1945 (taken) 1974 (print), Edward Weston, Carmel Highlands, California, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58479
Larry Sultan, 1986, Practicing Golf Swing, [Pictures from Home], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58495
Edward Weston, 1936 (taken) (1938, or earlier, print), Dunes - Oceano, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73995
Helena Almeida, 1982, Ponto de Fuga, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58538
Lee Friedlander, 1961-1970 (taken, printed later), [Title requested], [The Little Screens], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58523
Jaromír Funke, 1929, Composition, [Abstraktni Foto], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43157
Ormond Gigli, 1967 (taken, later print), Girl in Light, Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74024
David LaChapelle, 2003, Evidence of a Miraculous Event, [Jesus is my Homeboy], Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74049
David Levinthal, 1996, Cowboy with Lasso, [Wild West], Polacolor print, large format, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38096
2010, 21-22 June, E-publicity for the Sotheby's New York auction of "Photographs from the Polaroid Collection", E-publicity, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38082
David LaChapelle, 1999, The Morning After, New York, Cibachrome print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80545
Peter Beard, 1966 (taken) 1988 (print), Large crocodile, 15-16 feet, Uganda (Leviathan), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58511
Eliot Porter, 1979, Portfolio cover for Eliot Porter, 1979, Eliot Porter: Intimate Landscapes, (New York: Daniel Wolf Press), Portfolio cover, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58447
Peter Beard, 1984, November, Crab Diary Page, Photocollage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43163
Irving Penn, 1987 b(taken) 1992 (print), Issey Miyake design with Black Fan (New York), Dye-transfer print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80522
Peter Beard, 1987 (taken) 1990s (print), Hog Ranch front lawn, night feeder (2:00 am) with Maureen Gallagher & Mbuno, Collage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80542
Raphael Mazzucco (b. 1970), 2013, From Grace she will Fall, Collage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80544
C.L. Weed, 1864 (taken) 1870 (ca, print), [Yo-Semite Valley], Albumen print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74004
Herb Ritts, 1989, Stephanie, Cindy, Christly, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80514
Irving Penn, 1975, Playing Card, Platinum-palladium print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74003
Diane Arbus, 1968 (taken, later print), Topless Dancer in her Dressing Room, San Francisco, CAL., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80524
F. Holland Day, 1906 (ca), St. Sebastian, Platinum print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74016
Lewis W. Hine, 1905 (taken) 1920s (? print), Immigrants, Ellis Island (Italians looking for lost luggage), Gelatin silver print, warm-toned, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58458
F. Holland Day, 1897-1899, Untiitled (Right Panel of Triptych Armageddon), [Armageddon], Platinum print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74015
Harry Callahan, 1949 (taken, later print), Chicago, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74020
André Kertész, 1933 (ca, taken) 1946-1952 (?, print), Distortion No. 173, Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58472
Ernst Haas, 1970, Yellow Balloon, New Orleans, Louisiana, Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74022
Lillian Bassman, 1950 (taken, later print), Margie Cato. Harper's Bazaar (Born to Dance, dress by Emily Wilkins, New York), Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80515
Peter Beard, 1962 (taken, later print), Running Zebras, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58508
Lai Chong Studio, 1853 (Xianfeng 3rd year), General Ko-Lin, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/118767
Lee Friedlander, 1961-1970 (taken, printed later), [Title requested], [The Little Screens], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58519
Diane Arbus, 1970 (taken) s (early, print), A Jewish Giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80523
Ansel Adams, 1962 (taken) 1963-1970 (print), The Polaroid 'Photographic Service Group' stamp, a 'Polaroid Print Library' stamp, and two of Adams's Carmel studio stamps (BMFA 7 and 8). The title of the print is entered in Adams's hand, Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38084
Harry Callahan, 1950 (taken) 1958 (before, print), The Polaroid "Library Collection" label., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38088
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1854-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol from the Malakoff Tower, Crimea, Albumen prints (3), Sotheby's - New York, LL/74009
Ormond Gigli, 1964 (taken), West Stockbridge, Mass, Chromogenic print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/43159
László Moholy-Nagy, 1929, Photogram with pinwheel and other shapes, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/67668
Francesca Woodman, 1977, Self-portrait with Liza, Providence, Rhode Island, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58547
Andy Warhol, 1979 (ca), Farrah Fawcett, Polacolar Type 108 print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38098
Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1995, Lake Michigan, Gills Rock, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58514
Pierre Dubreuil, 1908, Notre Dame de Paris, Oil print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58474
Herb Ritts, 1984, Female torso with veil, Paradise Cove, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80521
Lucas Samaras, 1973, Photo-Transformation 10/31/73 (Face), [Photo-Transformations], Manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74042
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), Just Landed, Newhaven, Salt print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74008
Eugène Atget, 1920s, Tuileries, Lais, Albumen print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74012
Paul Strand, 1936, Fred Briehl's Barn, Wallkill, N. Y., Platinum print, varnished, Sotheby's - New York, LL/58465
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Faith Healer or Hypnotist, Daguerreotype, Sotheby's - New York, LL/102512
Lai Chong Studio, 1853 (Xianfeng 3rd year), General Ko-Lin, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Sotheby's - New York, LL/118768
Ansel Adams, 1964 (ca), A typed label on the reverse of a small Adams Polaroid., Print, reverse, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38086
Lucas Samaras, 1973, Photo-Transformation 10/31/73 (Ear), [Photo-Transformations], Manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74040
Ansel Adams, 1948 (ca, taken) 1977 (print), Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley, National Monument, Ca., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/73994
Diane Arbus, 1968, A Family On the Lawn One Sunday In Westchester, N.Y., Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/29064
Minor White, 1964, Moon and Wall Encrustation- Pultneyville, New York, Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74001
Robert Rauschenberg, 1988, Japanese Sky I, [Bleacher], Polaroid Polapan print, four-part large format, Sotheby's - New York, LL/38099
Frederick Sommer, 1950, Return of the Prodigal, [Venus, Jupiter & Mars], Gelatin silver print, Sotheby's - New York, LL/74002
   

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