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Auction Highlights: Focus on Women — May 15, 2025

Timed Auction — Bidding Now Open!
Lots begin closing Thursday, May 15, at 12 PM ET

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This year’s Focus on Women auction gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vernacular photography and more in a very special sale celebrating women’s grit and power.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, El Moro, pastel on arches paper, 1981. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, first edition with photograph, 1912. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Sonia Delaunay, Juste Present. Deluxe Edition with Original Gouache, folio limited edition, 1961. Estimate $20,000 to $25,000.
Anna Lea Merritt, Eve, etching printed in sepia ink on parchment, 1887. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500.
Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in dust jacket, 1927. Estimate $6,000 to $8,000.
Margaret Patterson, Swans, color woodcut on handmade paper, 1915. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500.
Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, limited edition with platinum prints, 2006. Estimate $6,000 to $8,000.
Archive of 14 press photos of swimmers, including Mary Buhner, who won awards for bravery in 1923. Estimate $500 to $700.

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April 23, 2025
Author: Devon Eastland
Category: Books & Manuscripts
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  • American color woodcut movement Anna Lea Merritt
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  • Gertrude Stein
  • gouache
  • Hogarth Press
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  • Katherine Dunham
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  • limited edition
  • Mabel Dodge
  • Margaret Patterson
  • neo expressionism
  • nude models
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  • platinum prints
  • Pre-Raphaelite
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  • Royal Academy of Arts
  • sepia ink
  • Shakespeare sonnets
  • Sonia Delaunay
  • Tristan Tzara
  • Vanessa Bell
  • Villa Curonia
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Women Photographers
  • Women's Rights
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