Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

92 93 92 c ROMANVISHNIAC (1897-1990) A Rabbi, Warsaw. Silver print, the image measuring 9 3 / 4 x7 3 / 4 inches (19.7x24.6 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac’s signature, partial title, and date, on recto, and notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1938; printed 1970s [3,000/4,500] 93 c TONI FRISSELL (1907-1988) A charming collection of 18 photographs depicting quiet moments on the airstrip as the 93rd Operations Group prepare for return from a mission. Including views of reunited friends welcoming each other, lounging airmen writing letters home, a trio reviewing a brief by the crude nose art of a bomber, and one man on all fours hugging the ground. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 11 inches (27.9 cm.) square, each with numeric notations, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1945 WITH—Toni Frissell. Portrait of an abandoned boy, London. Silver print, the image measuring 10 7 / 8 x10 5 / 8 inches (27.6x27 cm.), with a typed descriptive caption on a separate sheet. 1945. [1,200/1,800] From Frissell’s family; to the present owner.