Lot 210
(HARRY CALLAHAN, YASUHIRO ISHIMOTO, AARON SISKIND, et alia)
A portfolio entitled In Chicago. With 12 (of 12) photographs of Chicago by various artists. Silver prints (11) and a dye-transfer print (one), ranging in size from 10x10 to 12x15 inches (25.4x25.4 to 30.5x38.1 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with the photographer's signature, in pencil, on verso, but the Callahan and the Ishimoto with the photographer's signature on recto, and the Nickel just with his hand stamp, on verso. Elephant folio, linen covered clamshell box with the stamped title; the colophon with the edition notation 53/75; contents loose as issued. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1935-79; printed 1983
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Harry Callahan, State Street, Chicago (1959) * Harold Allen,Subway Platform (1969) * Barbara Crane, Chicago Loop Series(1978) * Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Chicago (1962) * Nathan Lerner,Roundhouse, Chicago (1935) * Luis Medina, View From 1000 Lake Shore Drive (1974) * Richard Nickel, Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. (circa 1955) * David Plowden, Railroad Yards, South Chicago (1966) * Arthur Siegel, Dry Cleaners (circa 1946) * Aaron Siskind, Walker Warehouse (1953) * John Szarkowski,Garrick Theatre (1955) * Bob Thall, Chicago (1979).
This portfolio was produced by the Art Institute of Chicago and is limited to 75 sets, of which 62 were for sale.
