About 1,000 remarkable images of the human hand netted Sotheby’s just over $10 million last month, exceeding estimates by more than $1 million. Moving and powerful, the works exploring the theme of the hand came from one of the world’s most significant privately owned photograph collections, put together by the philanthropist and collector Henry M. Buhl. The majority of the proceeds will benefit The Buhl Foundation. (More on the video below)
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Photo at top of Post –Lonely Metropolitan, by Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a unique photomontage with gouache, mounted to illustration board, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum, National Gallery of Art, and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art exhibition labels on the reverse, 1932
16¼ by 11 7/8 in. (41 by 30 cm.)
More images from the collection, here.
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- A Show of Hands: Photographs from the Collection of Henry Buhl (telegraph.co.uk)
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vERY INTERESTING INDEED.
And such an unusual collection, too.
Pretty fascinating collection. I love the idea of a theme, though I would be hard pressed to stick by just that. He probably has lots of other artwork as well. Neat foundation program too.
I would also find it difficult to stick to a theme, but this one is so compelling.
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