Posted on
March 03, 2012 by
dallas real estate

(PRWEB) March 01, 2012
New York / Berlin / Paris, March 1, 2012artnet Auctions presents the first single-artist sale of Frank Horvat artworks. This sale is exceptional in several ways: the 16 photographs contextualize the different periods of Horvats uvreone that constitutes an important milestone within the history of international Fine Art photography. Moreover, it provides an opportunity to acquire unique prints, known as reference prints, by the celebrated photographer.
The ensemble of 16 photographs has an estimated value of US$ 87,000 to US$ 112,000. Each of the photographs feature women, as Horvat favors the female subject. Seven of the images are prints from negatives, well-known shots taken for fashion magazines or within the context of reportages. All but one of the photographs are unique prints created before their limited-edition releases. Amongst them: Shoe and Tour Eiffel (1974), published in Stern magazine (Est. US$ 5,5006,500); Givenchy hat (1958), published in Jardin des Modes (Est. US$ 6,5008,500); and Deborah Dixon and Federico Fellini (1962) photographed for Harpers Bazaar (Est. US$ 5,5006,500). Swinging girl (1962) appeared in a reportage shot in Cairo (Est. US$ 4,5005,500), and Le Sphynx, self-portrait with stripper (1956)part of a series about striptease commissioned by the American agency Black Staris part of a limited printing of 30 photographs (Est. US$ 4,5005,500).
The nine other works in the Frank Horvat photography sale are older or more recent digital pigment printswhich enables the original contrasts and colors to be reproduced faithfullyand were made by the artist himself, in limited series of 30 in the A2 format (42 x 59 cm.) and 12 in the A0 formats (84 x 118.8 cm.). Evening gown (1989) (Est. US$ 6,0008,000), published in LOfficiel, is amongst the last fashion photographs that Horvat shot, while two other photographs represent Horvats more experimental work: Sandrine (US$ 4,0006,000) is part of a project entitled Vraies Semblances (1983), which principally focuses on women and the emotions that they inspire, and Cyane (Est. US$ 4,0006,000) is part of the series, Les M