Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Sotheby's Poloroid Auction

The Tetons and Snake River
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
(Ansel Adams)


Migrant Mother
Nipomo, California
(Ansel Adams)

Andy Sneezing


Japanese Sky I
(From the Bleacher Series)
(Robert Rauschenberg)



Ultra-Large (Hands)
(Lucas Samaras)

Chicago (Trees in Snow)
(Harry Callahan)


"Having been through the dissolution of the company, not only is my work in the collection and I can't get it, and a lot of it was my best work, at certain periods of my life, but I also saw people who were incredible people who made this film and made Polaroid a great company, lose their jobs for no good reason really. So the auction is almost the funeral in a way, because it is the last act in the dissolution of Polaroid." - John Reuter

These Polaroids, and many others, are being auctioned off at Sotheby's as part of the company's bankruptsy court order.

Quote and images via NPR article.

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