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  • Otto Fenn, three photographs of Andy Warhol, provenance John Krug
    Apr. 26, 2022

    Otto Fenn, three photographs of Andy Warhol, provenance John Krug

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Otto Fenn Three early photographs of Andy Warhol. Three large vintage black and white gelatin silver prints, each with Fenn's "Photography by/otto fenn" backstamps. Largest 14 x 10 1/2 inches (36 x 28 cm), two slightly smaller. Some light wear and signs of handling. Provenance: John Krug, Fenn's partner for 34 years Andy Warhol moved to New York from Pittsburgh in 1949 and first met photographer Otto Fenn in 1951. The images here derive from that early period and depict a young, smiling Warhol wearing a bow-tie, holding a rose, and facing a wall in full length while wearing a beret. In exchange for the photographs, Warhol created backdrops for Fenn's fashion sets. C 

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  • Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Two Photographs of Francis L. Sullivan
    Sep. 09, 2016

    Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Two Photographs of Francis L. Sullivan

    Est: $400 - $800

    both gelatin silver prints, each with studio stamp on the verso, the photograph of Sullivan seated in a director's chair is annotated that it was "for an article in Harper's Bazaar," both unframed. Sheet 12.75 x 10 in. and 10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. Francis Loftus Sullivan was an English film and stage actor. He won a Tony Award in 1955 for the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution.

    Leland Little Auctions
  • Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Fashion Photograph
    Sep. 09, 2016

    Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Fashion Photograph

    Est: $400 - $800

    gelatin silver print, depicting Elizabeth Coyote Threatt, studio stamp on the verso, unframed. Sheet 14 x 10 7/8 in. Elizabeth Threatt was a model and actress best known for her starring role in The Big Sky alongside Kirk Douglas and Dewey Martin. Born in SC in 1926. Threatt grew up in Concord, NC. Her exotic beauty made her among the most desirable and highest paid models of the 1940s and 1950s.

    Leland Little Auctions
  • Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Four Advertising Photographs
    Sep. 09, 2016

    Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Four Advertising Photographs

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    the first a gelatin silver print of the fashion model Leslie Dixon, studio stamp on the verso (sheet 9.5 x 7.75 in.) (crease in lower right corner); the second a gelatin silver print of Rosalind Russel for an Amelia Earhart Luggage ad, circa 1952, with studio stamp on the verso, accompanied by a photocopy of the ad as published in The New Yorker (sheet 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.) (creasing in lower right corner and minor wear to edges); the third a gelatin silver print of the actress Joan Tenzel modeling a raincoat for an April 1948 spread in Town and Country, studio stamp on the verso (sheet 10 3/8 x 10.25 in.) (some minor wear to edges); and the fourth a gelatin silver print of the model Anne Gunning for a Lord & Taylor's ad, studio stamp on the verso (sheet 13 7/8 x 11 in.).

    Leland Little Auctions
  • Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Mary Louise Bousquet with Fashion Models
    Sep. 09, 2016

    Otto Fenn (1913-1993), Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Mary Louise Bousquet with Fashion Models

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    gelatin silver print, studio stamp on the verso, depicting the fashion photographer and the editor of Harper's Bazaar at a cafe in Paris in 1946, unframed. Sheet 11 x 13 7/8 in.

    Leland Little Auctions
  • OTTO FENN (1913-1993)
    Feb. 12, 2009

    OTTO FENN (1913-1993)

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    OTTO FENN (1913-1993) 'Off Guard' Shots showing various types of photography, posed by top models, c. 1950 gelatin silver print titled and annotated 'Horst lighting', 'Huene elegance', 'Rawlings style', 'Naylor naturalness', 'The Avedon feeling' and 'Dahl-Wolfe composition' in ink (in the margin); credit stamp (on the verso) each 3¼ x 3¼in. (8.2 x 8.2cm.) 13 7/8 x 11in. (35.2 x 28cm.) overall

    Christie's
  • OTTO FENN
    Feb. 15, 2005

    OTTO FENN

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Dolores Fenn, c. 1948 gelatin silver print signed, titled, dated in pencil and credit stamp (on the verso) 9 5/8 x 12 3/8in. (24.5 x 31.5cm.)

    Christie's
  • OTTO FENN
    Feb. 15, 2005

    OTTO FENN

    Est: $900 - $1,200

    Untitled (Woman showering), 1960s gelatin silver print signed in pencil (on the verso) 7 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (20 x 19.3cm.)

    Christie's
  • OTTO FENN (1913-1993)
    Apr. 22, 2003

    OTTO FENN (1913-1993)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Still-life with bottles Gelatin silver print. Circa 1950/Printed after 1955. Signed in ink and credit stamp on the verso. 163/4 x 131/2in. (42.5 x 34.3cm.).

    Christie's
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