Sale 2474 - The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks, Apri 19, 2018

121 c (ART KANE) (1925-1995) A Great Day in Harlem. Oversized silver print, the image measuring 16 1 / 4 x23 1 / 4 inches (41.3x59.7 cm.), the sheet 20x23 3 / 4 inches (50.8x59.7 cm.), with an Art Kane Estate hand stamp with a family member’s signature, in ink, on verso. 1958; printed 1997 [4,000/6,000] Kane assembled “57 of the coolest cats [and kittens] in jazz,” among them Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Gene Krupa, Mary LouWilliams, Roy Eldridge, Milt Hinton, and Lester Young, at 17 East 126th Street. The idea for the picture was Kane’s, who was then a young art director at Esquire magazine. This was his first photo assignment, and the picture quickly became iconic. 122 c WEEGEE [ARTHUR FELLIG] (1899-1968) Weegee’s business card with his portrait. Chromogenic print, the overall object measuring 2x3 1 / 2 inches (5.1x8.9 cm.), with the photographer’s name, occupation, address, and phone number. Circa 1961 WITH—A large bolster of Weegee’s iconic image, Coney Island on printed fabric, overall measuring 116x64 inches (294.6x162.6 cm.); a 500-piece Coney Island puzzle, 1994; and the book Weegee’s World by Miles Barth, New York: Little Brown and Company, 1997 [2,000/3,000] 123 c INGE MORATH (1923-2002) Saul Steinberg. Silver print, the image measuring 13x10 inches (33x25.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Morath’s copyright hand stamp and the printer’s hand stamp on verso. 1961-62; printed 1980s [1,500/2,500] 121