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MAYFIELD,WILLIAM PRESTON (1896-1974)
Wright brothers’ first flight. Silver print, 4
3
/
8
x7
7
/
8
inches (11.1x18.7 cm.), with white cropping marks
and notations, in pencil, on mount recto, and with a partial identification label on mount verso.
1909; printed circa 1930s
[1,000/1,500]
From the Collection of Vernon and Deborah Pratt.
This print was purchased from Sotheby’s NewYork,April 23, 1994, lot 40.
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LARTIGUE, JACQUES-HENRI (1894-1986)
“A Portfolio of Photographs,” containing 10 (of 10) charming images. Silver prints, 9x6
1
/
2
inches
(22.9x16.5 cm.), and the reverse, with theWitkin-Berley portfolio label indicating the print and set
number on mount verso; each print with an overmat. Tall folio, red-stamped brown folder with
matching linen slipcase; with Lartigue’s signature (and his sunburst motif) and the edition notation
20 (of 50), in ink, on the colophon; contents loose as issued. 1905-1955; printed 1972
[6,000/9,000]
From the Estate of LeeWitkin; by descent to the present owner.
“Woman with Fox Fur,Avenue des Acacias,” 1911 * “Cousin ‘Bichonade’ in Flight,” 1905 * “Zissou in His
Tire Boat, Chateau de Rouzat,” 1911 * “Simone Roussel on the Beach at Villerville,” 1906 * “My Brother,
Zissou, Gets His Glider Airborne, Chateau de Rouzat,” 1908 * “The Race Course at Auteuil, Paris,” 1910
* “Wheeled Bobsleigh Designed by Jacques Henri Lartigue,” 1911 * “Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of
France,” 1912 * “The Famous Rowe Twins of the Casino de Paris,” 1929 * “Picasso,” 1955.
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