John Vachon Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Vachon Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 26, 2024
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. VACHON, John (American, 1914-1975). Woman in Hat. [Ca. 20th century].
Est: $200 - $300
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. VACHON, John (American, 1914-1975). Woman in Hat. [Ca. 20th century]. Black and white print. Sight approximately 9 x 12 7/8”. Matted and framed under plexiglass. Frame size approximately 16 ½ x 20 ½”. Fine condition. Not examined out of frame. Estate of Joe Silverberg, Founder and CEO of Bigsby & Kruthers.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Feb. 22, 2024
John Vachon F.S.A. photograph, milk man
Est: $300 - $500
Heading: Author: Vachon, John Title: Milk man calls for the milk at Pat McRaiths farm about 7am, Meeker County, Minn. Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: Feb. 1942 Description: Gelatin silver print. Image: 18.2x24 cm (7¼x9½"); sheet: 21x25.4 cm (8¼x10").F.S.A. stamp on verso, titled and dated in typescript. John Vachon (1914-1975) along with Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein and others comprised the talented group of photographers Roy Stryker assembled to document the work of Roosevelt's New Deal program the Farm Security Administration. The Historical Section of the F.S.A. "compiled history: some 270,000 photographs of American life. [It] also made history: assembling one of the greatest teams of photographers ever known, and laying the foundation for modern photo-documentation." - In This Proud Land. by Roy Emerson Stryker and Nancy Wood.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Oct. 19, 2023
John Vachon F.S.A. photograph, milk man
Est: $400 - $600
Heading: Author: Vachon, John Title: Milk man calls for the milk at Pat McRaiths farm about 7am, Meeker County, Minn. Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: Feb. 1942 Description: Gelatin silver print. Image: 18.2x24 cm (7¼x9½"); sheet: 21x25.4 cm (8¼x10").F.S.A. stamp on verso, titled and dated in typescript. John Vachon (1914-1975) along with Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein and others comprised the talented group of photographers Roy Stryker assembled to document the work of Roosevelt's New Deal program the Farm Security Administration. The Historical Section of the F.S.A. "compiled history: some 270,000 photographs of American life. [It] also made history: assembling one of the greatest teams of photographers ever known, and laying the foundation for modern photo-documentation." - In This Proud Land. by Roy Emerson Stryker and Nancy Wood.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Oct. 20, 2022
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A pair of portraits of Marilyn Monroe.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A pair of portraits of Marilyn Monroe. Silver prints, the images measuring 9 5/8x7 1/2 inches (24.4x19.1 cm.) and 7 1/2x6 1/2 inches (19.1x16.5 cm.), one with Vachon's signature and date in ink on verso. 1953 and 1956
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 09, 2021
JOHN VACHON - Skating on the Mississippi River near Lake City, Minnesota, 1942
Est: $800 - $1,200
THIS LOT IS TO BE SOLD WITHÂ NOÂ RESERVE. Property from a distinguished Private Collection, New York ARTIST: John Vachon TITLE: Skating on the Mississippi River near Lake City, Minnesota, 1942 MEDIUM: Ferrotyped Silver Gelatin IMAGE SIZE: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in SUPPORT: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in DESCRIPTION: This ferrotyped silver gelatin print without margins is variously stamped and annotated in pencil print verso. With the artist's Farm Security Administration (FSA) stamp, typewritten title and date and Division of Information stamp on verso. CONDITION: For a comprehensive condition report, please email info@seagravegallery.com Frames, when illustrated, are for reference ONLY and are NOT included with the lot. Please note that the color and tonality of digital references may vary. Titles, dates, details and descriptions are for guidance only and are subject to change. This lot is being offered by Seagrave Gallery Inc.
Seagrave Gallery
Jun. 19, 2021
John Vachon, Mexican woman, Saginaw County, Michigan, 1941
Est: $800 - $1,000
John Vachon, Mexican woman, Saginaw County, Michigan, 1941, Vintage gelatin silver print, Image 9.5" x 7.5", Paper 10" x 8". Matted. Stamped "Pictures for Democracy" with artist's credit for FSA in pen on verso. Typed caption affixed to verso.
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Jun. 17, 2021
John Vachon(American, 1914-1975)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975) A group of five photographs (Beaumont, Texas (cleaning out a vat in which creosote is stored), 1942; Flathead Valley, MT, Mrs. Ballinger, wife of FSA Borrower, 1942; Hot Sulpher Springs, CO, 1942; Hope, AR (Sign Outside of Hope), 1942; Hettinger City, North Dakota, Lumber Truck on the Treeless North Dakota Plains, 1942) vintage silver gelatin prints largest: 4 x 3 inches. Property from the Ginny L. Williams Collection, Denver, Colorado Please Note: This lot is located in and will ship from Denver, Colorado.
Hindman
May. 28, 2021
§ John Felix Vachon (1914-1975)
Est: £600 - £800
John Felix Vachon (1914-1975) SW98 ESSO STATION IN CHARLESTON, West Virginia, 1947. Vintage silver gelatin print, image size, 70 x 90mm, paper size, 229 x 178mm, Standard Oil Co. stamps verso.
Chiswick Auctions
Feb. 27, 2021
John Vachon, The Dakotas, 1948
Est: $600 - $800
John Vachon, The Dakotas, 1948, Vintage gelatin silver print, 7.75" x 9.5". Matted. Shot for Standard Oil. Typed caption affixed to verso. Artist's credit for Standard Oil stamped on verso. Numbered in pencil and pen on verso.
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Feb. 04, 2021
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A select group of 38 vintage photographs.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A select group of 38 vintage photographs. Silver prints, 30 images measuring approximately 177.8x241.3 mm; 7x9 1/2 inches, 8 larger format images measuring 336.6x247.6 mm; 13 1/4x9 3/4 inches, and slightly smaller, and the reverse, nearly all with Marie Vachon's signature and date (1976), in pencil, Vachon's typed credit or his FSA credit hand stamp, and the RA or other numeric notation, also in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso; nearly half also with a title and date, possibly in his hand, and two with Vachon's signature (?), in ink, also on verso; 11 of the photographs are matted and have a hand stamp noting that the prints were in the collection of John Vachon, many of these also with a Witkin Gallery hand stamp on mat verso. Circa 1937-42. From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York. Vachon began his work at the FSA as an assistant messenger. As his interest in photography grew, he began to make his own photographs and accompanied Arthur Rothstein on one of Rothstein's photographic assignments for the FSA. In 1938, he traveled to Nebraska for his first solo assignment for the FSA, where he was tasked with photographing agricultural programs in the area. After this project, Vachon continued assignments from the FSA to document the poverty in rural areas of the Plains states creating a compassionate record of the region.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2020
John Vachon, North Dakota, 1948
Est: $800 - $1,000
John Vachon, North Dakota, 1948, Vintage gelatin silver print, 7.75" x 7.5". Matted. Shot for Standard Oil. Caption with artist's credit and date affixed to verso. Standard Oil stamps on verso. Numbered in pen & pencil on verso.
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Nov. 12, 2020
John Vachon, The Dakotas, 1948
Est: $800 - $1,000
John Vachon, The Dakotas, 1948, Vintage gelatin silver print, 7.75" x 9.5". Matted. Shot for Standard Oil. Caption with artist's credit and date affixed to verso. Standard Oil stamps on verso. Numbered in pen & pencil on verso.
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Oct. 22, 2020
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A binder with 56 vintage prints and 23 press prints for LOC reference.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A binder with 56 vintage prints and 23 press prints for LOC reference. Additional Image Silver prints, most of the images measuring 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, 6 approximately 9 1/2x13 inches (24.1x33 cm.), 5 are flush mounted, each with a combination of F.S.A. and credit hand stamps, and/or notations and Marie Vachon's signature, in pencil, on verso; the press prints measuring approximately 9 1/2x7 1/4 inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, each with the LOC hand stamp and Vachon's credit and the title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso; all of the prints inserted into plastic sleeves, the vintage prints with a typed Witkin Gallery label next to the print. Folio, spiral binding, with a Witkin Gallery label on the front cover. 1937-42; printed 1930s-70s
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 17, 2020
John Vachon, Rural church with stakes for vegetables in the foreground.
Est: $500 - $900
John Vachon, Rural church with stakes for vegetables in the foreground. 10 ¼ x 13 ½ inch vintage gelatin silver print on single weight paper. Vachon's F.S.A. credit stamp, the negative number and some pencil notations on the verso.
Be-Hold
Oct. 17, 2020
John Vachon, Fire escapes. Rare FSA abstraction
Est: $800 - $1,500
John Vachon, Fire escapes. 8 x 13 ½ inch vintage gelatin silver print on single weight paper. This appears to be at the side of a factory. It is a rare abstraction in the F.S.A. photographic canon.. It has Vachon's F.S.A. stamp and the negative number in pencil.
Be-Hold
Oct. 17, 2020
John Vachon, Clearing snow or playing winter games FSA.
Est: $800 - $1,200
John Vachon, 11 x 14 inch vintage gelatin silver print on double weight paper, ca. 1940. Clearing snow or playing winter games. Vachon's F.S.A. credit stamp and pencil negative number on the verso. A fascinating image. This appears to be an icy river covered with snow. The men might be clearing the snow to reveal the ice, or playing some game on the cleared area.
Be-Hold
Jun. 10, 2020
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975) Marilyn Monroe with Tongue and Marilyn Monroe with Sculpture (a pair of works), 1956
Est: $800 - $1,200
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975) Marilyn Monroe with Tongue and Marilyn Monroe with Sculpture (a pair of works), 1956 silver gelatin print 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Provenance: Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwukee, Wisconsin Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hindman
Mar. 21, 2020
Photographs, John Vachon
Est: $300 - $500
(lot of 7) John Vachon (American, 1914-1975), Montana series- Judith Gap, Jackson, Bannack, McCone County, Beaverhead County, 1942, gelatin silver prints, later printings, each unsigned, sight: 2.75"h x 3.75"w, overall (with frame/each): 11.25"h x 14.25"w
Clars Auctions
Feb. 23, 2020
Photographs, John Vachon
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(lot of 7) John Vachon (American, 1914-1975), Montana series- Judith Gap, Jackson, Bannack, McCone County, Beaverhead County, 1942, gelatin silver prints, later printings, each unsigned, sight: 2.75"h x 3.75"w, overall (with frame/each): 11.25"h x 14.25"w
Clars Auctions
Oct. 28, 2017
John Vachon: Cowboys and Cattle, Dawson County, Nebraska, October 1938, vintage silver print (mounted)
Est: $700 - $1,400
Cowboys and Cattle, Dawson County, Nebraska, October 1938, vintage silver print (mounted), Image size: 7.25"x9.75"; Sheet Size: 8"x10" (Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery)
The Photo Review
Dec. 11, 2016
John Vachon: Backed-Up Sewer in Negro Slum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941, vintage silver print
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Backed-Up Sewer in Negro Slum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941, vintage silver print Image size: 9.87x"x13.25"; Sheet Size: mounted: 16"x20"
The Photo Review
Oct. 08, 2016
John Vachon: Backed-Up Sewer in Negro Slum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941, vintage silver print
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Backed-Up Sewer in Negro Slum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941, vintage silver print Image size: 9.87x"x13.25"; Sheet Size: mounted: 16"x20"
The Photo Review
Jun. 16, 2016
John Vachon, FSA, Mexican woman in Michigan
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
JOHN VACHON, MEXICAN WOMAN IN MICHIGAN, 1941. 10 x 7 ¾- inch ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed later by the Library of Congress, but still early (it does not fluoresce under a black light.) There is a credit stamp for "Pictures for Democracy" "A National Service of the Council Against Intolerance in America." "John Vachon, FSA" is signed within the stamp. A strip label reads "Saginaw County, Michigan. Mexican woman living in the sugar beet area." There are pictures on the walls behind her, a large box on the ground. [3+]
Be-Hold
Nov. 23, 2015
VACHON, JOHN (1914-1975) Group of three vintage gelatin silver prints 1939-1941. 7 x 9 1/2 inches (185 x 240 mm), with
Est: $400 - $600
VACHON, JOHN (1914-1975) Group of three vintage gelatin silver prints 1939-1941. 7 x 9 1/2 inches (185 x 240 mm), with F.S.A. stamps on the verso, all with typed titles, one signed by Rothstein. Minor wear, in all a very good group. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 21, 2015
¤ John VACHON 1914-1975 COWBOYS ET TROUPEAU DE VACHE, DAWSON COUNTRY, NEBRASKA - OCTOBRE 1938 Tirage argentique d'époque sur montage d
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
John VACHON 1914-1975 COWBOYS ET TROUPEAU DE VACHE, DAWSON COUNTRY, NEBRASKA - OCTOBRE 1938 Tirage argentique d'époque sur montage d'origine Légende tapuscrite sur papier fixé au dos : "Cowboys and cattle. Nebraska. Farm Security Administration, photo by Vachon. 8808 D." h: 18 w: 24,30 cm Bibliographie : John Vachon's America, Photographs and Letters from the Despression to World War II (Miles Orvell, University of California Press, 2003), p. 144 Commentaire : VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINT ON ORIGINAL MOUNT; TYPEWRITTEN CAPTION ON LOOSE PAPER FIXED TO BACK OF MOUNT : "COWBOYS AND CATTLE. NEBRASKA. FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, PHOTO BY VACHON. 8808 D."
Artcurial
Jun. 13, 2015
Vachon, John Marilyn Monroe u. kanadischer Polizist am Lake Louise, Kanada. 1953. Späterer Silbergelatine Abzug. 23,6 x 18,7 cm (25,3 x 20,5 cm). Verso mit Copyright-Stempel der "Alskog Inc." versehen. - Ecken u. Kanten minimal berieben.
Est: €500 - €700
Vachon, John Later silver gelatin print. On verso with copyright stamp of "Alskog Inc." - Edges and corners minimally rubbbed. Marilyn Monroe u. kanadischer Polizist am Lake Louise, Kanada. 1953. Späterer Silbergelatine Abzug. 23,6 x 18,7 cm (25,3 x 20,5 cm). Verso mit Copyright-Stempel der "Alskog Inc." versehen. - Ecken u. Kanten minimal berieben.
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH
May. 28, 2015
1989 Vachon Restaurant Sign, Omaha, NE Poster
Est: $50 - $150
Artist Name: Vachon, John Title: Restaurant Sign, Omaha, NE Medium: Offset Lithograph Edition Size: Unknown Year: 1989 Paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Image Size: 30.5 x 22.5 inches Condition: A: Mint
DUMBO Auctions
Jun. 04, 2014
Vachon, John: Mrs. Foster Hanging up her Husbnad's Overalls, Irwinville Farms, Georgia
Est: €400 - €600
"Mrs. Foster Hanging up her Husband's Overalls, Irwinville Farms, Georgia". 1938. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 16,3 x 24,3 cm. F.S.A. stamp with photographer's credit and annotated in pencil on the verso. Ferrotype surface with slight wave pattern, minimal oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 19, 2011
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) Kansas; and Untitled, c. 1938 2 gelatin silver prints each signed, dated '1976', the first titled by Marie F. Vachon, Executrix, in pencil/ink and Vachon/F.S.A. credit stamps (on the verso) each 7 5/8 x 9½in. (19.5 x 24cm.) (2)
Christie's
Dec. 19, 2011
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) Roadside Diner; and Hub Cap Display, U.S. 1, New Jersey, July 1947 2 gelatin silver prints each with Settlement Administration credit stamp, typed credit, title and date on a label affixed (on the verso) each 7 5/8 x 9½in. (19.5 x 24cm.) (2)
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2011
[ Photograph ]
Est: - €1,000
Vachon, John Felix 1914 St. Paul (Minnesota) - 1975 New York Untitled (F.S.A. Photo). Circa1940. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. Mat. 16,4 x 24,3cm. Verso with F.S.A. stamp by Vachon. Various handwritten annotations in pencil and red coloured pencil. Slight handling traces. Literature: - Michael Lesy. Long Time Coming. A photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943. New York; London: W.W: Norton & Company, 2002.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Feb. 25, 2011
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975): "Newstand, Omaha"
Est: $300 - $400
Gelatin silver print, dated 1938, framed; 8 x 10 in. (image).
STAIR
Nov. 21, 2008
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975) Cinncinati,
Est: $800 - $1,200
John Vachon (American, 1914-1975) Cinncinati, Ohio, ca. 1940; Gelatin silver print (printed ca. 1940); Titled with Farm Security Administration stamp; 10'' x 8'' (sheet)
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 19, 2002
JOHN VACHON
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Cincinnati, Ohio Gelatin silver print. 1940s. Title in pencil and Vachon/F.S.A. credit stamp on the verso. 91/2 x 6 5/8in. (24.1 x 16.7cm.).
Christie's

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