SHINE!

An exhibition of shoeshine boxes and vintage photographs

April 1 - June 17, 2023

 

Aaron Siskind: Harlem (shoe shining), 1934
$3,000.00

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (shoe shining)

1934

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in

Signed, titled and dated in ink by artist on verso

Acc # 7365

Mario Algaze: Ninos Limpiabotas, Quito, Ecuador, 1988
$3,000.00

Mario Algaze

Ninos Limpiabotas, Quito, Ecuador

1988

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 14 x 11 in.

Acc # 9713

Morris Huberland: Shoe Shine Boys, W. 42nd St., NYC, c. 1940s
$4,000.00

Morris Huberland,

Shoe Shine Boys, W. 42nd St., NYC

c. 1940s

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 7 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.

Signed, titled, and dated in white pencil on mount verso

Acc # 9751

John Albok: Shine Please, Depression, 1933
$2,000.00

John Albok

Shine Please, Depression

1933

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.

Title, date, and signature in pencil/ crayon on mount margin

Acc # 8583

John Albok: Shine Please!, 1935
$1,800.00

John Albok

Shine Please!

1935

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 11 3/4 x 10 in.

Title, date, & signature in pencil in mount margin

Acc # 8581

John Albok: Untitled (shoeshine boys counting change), 1948
$2,600.00

John Albok

Untitled (shoeshine boys counting change)

1948

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 10 x 8 in.

Dated in pencil on mount verso

Acc # 7307

Mario Algaze: Shoeshine, Mexico D.F., 1974
$4,000.00

Mario Algaze

Shoeshine, Mexico D.F.

1974

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 20 x 16 in.

Signed, dated and titled in pencil on verso

Acc # 8844

John Albok: Shine Please!, 1936
Sale Price: $3,600.00 Original Price: $4,000.00

John Albok

Shine Please!

1936

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on mount board recto

Acc # 6275

John Albok: Shoeshine Boy, 1972
$1,500.00

John Albok

Shoeshine Boy

1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 10 x 8 in.

Titled and dated in pencil; Madison Ave stamp (upside down) and 1980 stamp in black ink, all on verso.

Acc # 8413

John Albok: Prosperity on the Corner, 1933
$3,200.00

John Albok

Prosperity on the Corner

1933

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 12 x 10 1/2 in.

Title, date and signature on mat margin; 1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso

Acc # 7798

John Albok: New York World's Fair (shoeshine boy), 1939
$2,500.00

John Albok

Business is Business, New York World's Fair (shoeshine boy)

1939

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.

Title, date in blue ink, artist stamp in black ink; Title, signature in black, copyright in blue ink on mount margin

Acc # 7388

John Albok: Depression (shoeshine boy), 1936
$2,600.00

John Albok

Depression (shoeshine boy)

1936

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

Titled & Dated in pencil with artist stamp on verso, Signed & copyrighted by Ilona in ink on verso

Acc # 4862

Mario Algaze: Se anucia el Carnaval de Puno, Lima, Peru, 1983
$2,500.00

Mario Algaze

Se annucia el Carnaval de Puno, Lima, Peru

1983

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 14 x 11 in.

Signature, date, print date, title, print type in pencil on verso

Acc # 9741

John Albok: Untitled (crosses and shoe boys), 1938
$1,800.00

John Albok

Untitled (crosses and shoe boys)

1938

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 13 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Madison Avenue stamp in black ink on verso

Acc # 7797

Dore Freeman: Bandwagon, Astaire, 1953
$800.00

Dore Freeman

Bandwagon, Astaire, 1953

Gelatin Silver Print

Title written in blue ink and pencil on print verso.

Artist contact info stamped in blue ink on print verso.

Acc# 10334

Morris Engel: New York City - Fred Wagner - Shoeshine Boy, 14 St., 1948
$5,000.00

Morris Engel

New York City - Fred Wagner - Shoeshine Boy, 14 St.

1948

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.

Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso

Acc # 9654

John Albok: Elegant Management!, 1934
$2,800.00

John Albok

Elegant Management!

1934

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Title, title in Hungarian, date, signature in pencil on mount margin

Artist stamp in black ink on mount verso

Acc # 7306

Walker Evans: Shoeshine Stand Detail, Southeastern U.S., 1936, 1936
$700.00

Walker Evans

SHOESHINE STAND DETAIL, SOUTHEASTERN U.S., 1936

1936

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 7 x 9 in.

Acc # FSA-51

John Albok: Fight the Depression, 1935
$1,800.00

John Albok

Fight the Depression

1935

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.

Title, date and signature in mount margin

Acc # 8383

John Albok: Art of a Shoe-Shiner, NY World's Fair 1939-40, 1939
$2,800.00

John Albok

Art of a Shoe-Shiner, NY World's Fair 1939-40

1939

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print

Image size: 10 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.

Signed and dated in black crayon on mat

Acc# 6771

Arthur Leipzig: Shoeshine Boy's, c. 1943
$4,000.00

Arthur Leipzig

Shoeshine Boy's

c. 1943

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print'

Image size: 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.

Signed in pencil with photographer's address and reproduction stamps on print verso

Acc # 9979

John Gutmann: Shoeshine, Harlem, New York, 1936
$2,100.00

John Gutmann

Shoeshine, Harlem, New York

1936

Gelatin Silver Print

Signature, copyright, titled, and dated in pencil on verso

Framing included

Acc # 9961

Russell Lee: Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers..., 1940
$800.00

Russell Lee

Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers...

1940

Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 11 x 14 in.

Acc# 8609

John Albok: King on His Throne, ca. 1930's
$2,600.00

John Albok

King on His Throne

ca. 1930's

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Image size: 10 1/2 x 11 in

Signed and titled in pencil on mount margin, artist stamp in black ink on mat verso

Acc # 4719

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