Alma Lavenson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alma Lavenson Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 31, 2024
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Eucalyptus Leaves. 1933; printed 1987.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Eucalyptus Leaves. 1933; printed 1987. Silver print, the image measuring 12x8⅞ inches (30.5x22.5 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Lavenson's signature in pencil, and "The Friends of Photography's Collectors Print Program" stamp with Lavenson's credit, title, negative date, and printer's credit, on verso. Accompanied by a letter from the Friends of Photography, San Francisco, on this limited edition photograph offered on the occasion of her 90th birthday, as a celebration of her long affair with photography: "Lavenson began her most involved project, photographing California's Mother Lode Country, in the early 1930s with her husband. After her husband's death in 1957, she continued the project and occasionally photographed the Mother Lode Country with Cunningham. Eucalyptus Leaves is a fine example of Lavenson's strong sense of design and her concern with the beautiful print, aspects of her work that led Group f.64 to take note of her talents."
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 10, 2024
Alma Lavenson, Child with Doll
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Alma Lavenson Child with Doll 1932 / printed later gelatin silver print image: 7 h x 9 w in (18 x 23 cm) sheet: 8 h x 10 w in (20 x 25 cm) Signed to lower right 'Alma Lavenson'. Provenance: Susan Ehrens | Private Collection Literature: Alma Lavenson Photographs, Ehrens, pg. v This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
May. 06, 2023
ALMA LAVENSON (D.1989) PHOTO SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO
Est: $400 - $800
Framed photographic print on paper, "San Ildefonso Pueblo Indians," pencil signed lower right Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989), gelatin silver, likely printed 1989, tipped on board, retaining Michael Shapiro Gallery tag with artist name, title and dated Sept 1989 (inv. 1462), some light toning to paper edges, sight: approx 12"h, 10.5"w, overall: approx 23 5/8"h, 19 5/8"w, 5.25lbs
Austin Auction Gallery
Jun. 08, 2022
Alma Lavenson (1897-1989) "Eucalyptus Leaves"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
1933, Gelatin silver print, signed 'Alma Lavenson' (on reverse).
Cottone Auctions
Oct. 21, 2021
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Mooring Ropes.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Mooring Ropes. Silver print, the image measuring 8x10 3/4 inches (20.3x27.3 cm.), the sheet 11x13 inches (27.9x33 cm.), with Lavenson's signature and notations, in pencil, and her title and date, in ink, on verso. 1931
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 21, 2021
ALMA LAVENSON Clouds Yosemite 1941 Highlight
Est: $500 - $700
ALMA LAVENSON. Yosemite, c. 1941. 4x4.6" gelatin silver print. Printed c. 1906. Signed in pencil on print verso. This wonderful landscape is an auction highlight by Alma Levenson, one of the important woman photographers in California and America in the mid-twentieth century. Alma Lavenson (1897-1989) distinguished herself from other West Coast modernists by focusing her camera primarily on architectural and industrial subjects. Lavenson's photographs pay tribute to her subjects: she emphasized their inherent form and pattern with the structure of her compositions and focus on light and shadow. Alma Lavenson was born in San Francisco in 1897 and after the 1906 earthquake she and her family relocated across the Bay to Oakland, where she lived for the rest of her life. Lavenson took up photography around 1918 and received a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1919. Her earliest photographs are emblematic of the Pictorialist style of the time. In 1930 a family friend presented Lavenson with letters of introduction to Imogen Cunningham, who became a life-long friend and her greatest influence, and to Edward Weston, who encouraged her to switch from a soft-focus to a sharp focus lens. Lavenson exhibited extensively. She was included alongside Cunningham, Weston, and Ansel Adams in the inaugural exhibition of Group f/64 in 1932 at the de Young Museum, San Francisco. In 1933 Lavenson had solo exhibitions at both the de Young Museum and at the Brooklyn Museum. She was honored with solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1942, 1948, and 1960. Her 1988 solo exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, curated by Susan Ehrens, and the subsequent book Alma Lavenson: Photographs (Wildwood Arts, 1990), also by Ehrens, solidified Lavenson's place in the history of photography. Credit: https://gittermangallery.com/artist/Alma_Lavenson/biography/
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
May. 27, 2021
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Pump and Trough, Hornitos.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Pump and Trough, Hornitos. Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/2x7 7/8 inches (24.1x20 cm.), the mount 18x14 1/4 inches (45.7x36.2 cm.), with Lavenson's signature (Alma R. Lavenson), in pencil, on mount recto, and her Piedmont, California label with the title and date, in pencil and ink, and a San Francisco Society of Women Artists Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art label, with her name, address, and title, in ink, on mount verso. 1940
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Child with doll.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Child with doll. Silver print, the image measuring 9x11 7/8 inches (22.9x27.9 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, in pencil, on recto. 1932; printed 1960s
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Figurehead (sailing vessel).
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Figurehead (sailing vessel). Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/2x7 inches (24.1x17.8 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Lavenson's signature and date, in pencil, on verso. 1932
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 22, 2020
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Rigging.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Rigging. Silver print, the image measuring 9 3/4x7 1/4 inches (24.8x18.4 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Lavenson's signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and her title and date, in pencil, and two exhibition labels (from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Department of Photography and Orange Camera Club, Orange, New Jersey), on mount verso. 1932
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 22, 2020
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Shadowed Wall, Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Shadowed Wall, Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara. Silver print, the image measuring 13 1/2x10 3/8 inches (34.3x26.3 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso. 1929
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2019
Alma R. Lavenson, (American, 1897-1989), Eucalyptus Leaves, 1933, Silver print photograph, 14"H x 11"W (sheet), 12"H x 9"W (photo)
Est: $500 - $700
Alma R. Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) Eucalyptus Leaves, 1933 Silver print photograph pencil signed on verso and noted "Printed from the original negative by Jim Alinder for The Friends of Photography's Collectors Print Program." Includes documentation from The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA. 14"H x 11"W (sheet), 12"H x 9"W (photo)
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 07, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Self Portrait, 1932
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Self Portrait, 1932
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Water Lilies, 1932
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Water Lilies, 1932
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Easter Lily, 1932
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Easter Lily, 1932
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Auratum Lily, 1932
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Auratum Lily, 1932
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Consuelo Kanaga, 1933
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Consuelo Kanaga, 1933
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Iris, 1932
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Iris, 1932
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Glass Study, 1931
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Glass Study, 1931
Phillips
Apr. 04, 2019
ALMA LAVENSON - Self Portrait, 1932
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Self Portrait, 1932
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON - Virginia City, 1943
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Virginia City, 1943
Phillips
Oct. 04, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON - Composition, 1933
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Composition, 1933
Phillips
Jun. 28, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON
Est: CHF5,000 - CHF8,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1879-1989) Zion Canyon, 1927. Getönter Silbergelatine-Abzug. Vintage. 29,8 x 22,2 cm. Verso signiert, betitelt und datiert. Unter Passepartout, gerahmt. Literatur: - Photo-Era magazine, December 1927 issue (Cover). - Ehrens, Susan. Alma Lavenson, Photographs. Berkeey, 1990, S. 12. - 30 YEARS, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zürich, 2009 (Tafel 12).
Koller Auctions
Jun. 27, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON (1897 - 1989), "Taos Pueblo", 1941. Printed 1987.
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
ALMA LAVENSON (1897 - 1989), "Taos Pueblo, 1941. Printed 1987. Lavenson was part of the group of California photographers that included Ansel Adams, Edward and Brett Weston, Imogen Cunningham. 12 ¾ x 9 7/8 -inch matte gelatin silver print, signed in pencil beneath the print, titled dated and signed in pencil on verso.
Be-Hold
Apr. 09, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON - St. Charles Hotel, Downieville, 1934
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
ALMA LAVENSON - St. Charles Hotel, Downieville, 1934
Phillips
Apr. 09, 2018
ALMA LAVENSON - Calaveras Cement Plant, 1933
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ALMA LAVENSON - Calaveras Cement Plant, 1933
Phillips
Apr. 05, 2017
ALMA LAVENSON | Self-Portrait
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
signed in pencil in the margin, 1932, printed in 1986
Sotheby's
Apr. 19, 2016
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Yosemite.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Yosemite. Silver print, 3 1/2x4 3/4 inches (8.9x12.1 cm.), on the original mount measuring 9x11 inches (22.9x27.9 cm.), with Lavenson's signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto. 1941
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 22, 2015
CHILD WITH DOLL, BY ALMA LAVENSON, 1932, printed 1980’s
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
11 x 14- inch gelatin silver print, signed in pencil beneath the image. The image just shows the bottom of the girl’s face, yet is a deep and moving portrait.
Be-Hold
Oct. 07, 2015
ALMA LAVENSON | 'Weathered Wood' (Vallejo's Home, Sonoma)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
mounted, signed, and title and date in pencil and with numerical exhibition and gold star labels on the mount, signed, titled, and annotations in ink and pencil and with an exhibition label and stamp on the reverse, 1939
Sotheby's
Oct. 07, 2015
ALMA LAVENSON | 'Waterlily'
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
signed in pencil and titled and dated in ink on the reverse, 1932
Sotheby's
Oct. 07, 2015
ALMA LAVENSON | 'Docked Ship'
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
signed and titled in pencil on the reverse, probably late 1920s or early 1930s
Sotheby's
Dec. 11, 2014
Alma Lavenson
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Alma Lavenson
Sotheby's
Dec. 11, 2012
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Little Church by the Sea, Mendocino County."
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Little Church by the Sea, Mendocino County." Silver print, 7 3/4x9 7/8 inches (19.7x25.1 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, in pencil, on mount recto and with an exhibition label on mount verso. 1941
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 03, 2012
ALMA LAVENSON
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
1897-1989 'AURATUM LILY' warm-toned, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1932 9 3/4 by 7 3/8 in. (24.8 by 18.7 cm.)
Sotheby's
Apr. 03, 2012
ALMA LAVENSON
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
1897-1989 'FOOD PRODUCTS' (VIRGINIA CITY) mounted, signed and with cropping notations in pencil on the mount, titled and dated in ink, stamped, and with the photographer's '58 Wildwood Gardens, Piedmont, California' studio label and a 'San Francisco Society of Women Artists' exhibition label, signed and annotated in ink, on the reverse, 1939 (A Pageant of Photography, 1940, unpaginated; Alma Lavenson Photographs, p. 75) 7¼ by 9½ in. (18.4 by 24.1 cm.)
Sotheby's
Dec. 19, 2011
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Industrial abstractions, 1930-1933 3 gelatin silver prints each signed, one dated in pencil (on the verso) or (on the mount); two titled, dated in pencil/ink, credit/contemporary exhibition labels affixed (on the reverse of the mount); one with contemporary exhibition labels affixed (on the frame backing) varying sizes from 7½ x 8 5/8in. (19 x 22cm.) to 9¼ x 12¼in. (23.5 x 31.2cm.) (3)
Christie's
Dec. 19, 2011
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Industrial studies, 1981-1984 3 gelatin silver prints each signed in pencil (on the mount); each titled, dated in pencil/ink, two on a credit label affixed (on the reverse of the mount) varying sizes from 7 3/8 x 8¼in. (18.5 x 23.5cm.) to 7¾ x 9 7/8in. (19.5 x 25cm.) (3)
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2011
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) Untitled (San Ildefonso Indians).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) Untitled (San Ildefonso Indians). Silver print, 11 3/4x10 inches (29.8x25.4 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, in pencil, on recto. 1941; printed 1980s
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 13, 2011
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Union Oil Tanks, Alameda."
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Union Oil Tanks, Alameda." Silver print, 11 3/4x9 inches (29.8x22.9 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, in pencil, on recto. 1931; printed 1987
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 01, 2011
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989); Spiral, Tomar, Portugal;
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Spiral, Tomar, Portugal, 1962 Gelatin silver print, printed 1979, signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso, framed. 9 1/2 x 8in
Bonhams
Nov. 01, 2011
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989); Child with Doll;
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Child with Doll, 1932 Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s, signed in pencil in the margin, framed. 9 x 11 3/4in
Bonhams
May. 22, 2011
Prints and Photographs
Est: $700 - $900
Eucalyptus Leaves, 1933 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Jim Alinder, signed in pencil, with 'The Friends of Photography's Collection Print Program' stamp on verso. 12 x 9in
Bonhams
Mar. 24, 2011
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Union Oil Tanks, Alameda."
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
LAVENSON, ALMA (1897-1989) "Union Oil Tanks, Alameda." Silver print, 11 3/4x9 inches (29.8x22.9 cm.), with Lavenson's signature, in pencil, on recto. 1931; printed 1987
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 28, 2011
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) Indian Ovens, Taos, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated, an...
Est: $200 - $250
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) Indian Ovens, Taos, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated, and signed in pencil on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, sheet size 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm), matted, unframed. Condition: Minor wear to corners on sheet, unmounted. Provenance: From the collection of Austin Lamont, by family descent.
Skinner
Jan. 28, 2011
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) San Ildefonso Indians, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated,...
Est: $200 - $250
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) San Ildefonso Indians, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated, and signed in pencil on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, sheet size 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm), matted, unframed. Condition: Minor wear to corners on sheet, unmounted. Provenance: From the collection of Austin Lamont, by family descent.
Skinner
Jan. 28, 2011
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) Taos Pueblo, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated, and signe...
Est: $200 - $250
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989) Taos Pueblo, 1941, printed 1987. Signed "Alma Lavenson" in pencil l.r., titled, dated, and signed in pencil on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, sheet size 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm), matted, unframed. Condition: Minor wear to corners on sheet, unmounted. Provenance: From the collection of Austin Lamont, by family descent.
Skinner
Nov. 02, 2010
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897-1989); Eucalyptus Leaves;
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Eucalyptus Leaves, 1933 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Jim Alinder, signed in pencil and 'The Friends of Photography's Collection Print Program' stamp on verso. 12 x 9in
Bonhams