Sotheby's A Show of Hands Henry Buhl Photographs Collect Auction Catalog 2012

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Title: Sotheby's A Show of Hands / Photographs From the Collection Of Henry Buhl
Auction held in: New York
Sale Date:  12/12 & 13/12
Sale No: NO8886
No. of Lots: 437
No. of Pages: 413
Condition:
Very Good
Illustrated in the Natural Color 3
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of
A Show Of Hands: Photographs From The Collection of Henry Buhl
totaled ,368,688, exceeding the high estimate for the session of million. The Buhl Collection, one of the world’s most significant privately owned photograph collections, was made up of images exploring the theme of the human hand and had been put together by the visionary philanthropist and collector Henry M. Buhl. The majority of the proceeds will benefit The Buhl Foundation.
The auction was led by
Lonely Metropolitan
by Herbert Bayer (lot 12) and
Fotogramm
by László Moholy-Nagy (lot 20), each of which sold for ,482,500. These two results now tie as the third highest price for a classic photograph at auction.  Artist records were set for Herbert Bayer, El Lissitzky, Lee Miller, Peter Hujar, and Helen Levitt, and for photographs by Man Ray and Gabriel Orozco.
Highlights
Herbert Bayer, Lonely Metropolitan
Hammer Price: ,482,500
László Moholy-Nagy, Fotogramm
Hammer Price: ,482,500
Man Ray,
Rayograph with Hand, Lens, and Egg
Hammer Price: 6,500
Alfred Stieglitz,
Hands and Thimble
Hammer Price: 0,500
El Lissitzky,
The Constructor
Hammer Price: 6,500
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