{"id":911733,"date":"2026-09-27T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911733\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:24:14","slug":"celebrated-interior-designers-rare-photography-collection-goes-to-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911733\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated Interior Designer\u2019s Rare Photography Collection Goes to Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AMan Ray, Lee Miller, 1930 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026<\/p>\n

An extraordinary collection of 200 photographs \u2014 including works by Edward Steichen, Man Ray, and a rare print of Dorothea Lange\u2019s Migrant Mother \u2014 belonging to a celebrated interior designer is going to auction.<\/p>\n

Internationally recognized interior designer Vicente Wolf\u2019s personal collection will go on auction as part of a two-part sale by Christie\u2019s<\/a> in New York on October 22.<\/p>\n

\"MarilynUnknown Photographer, Marilyn Monroe, first cover of Playboy, 1953 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026
\n\"AEdward Steichen, Wind Fire \u2013 The\u0301re\u0300se Duncan on the Acropolis, 1921 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026
\n\"AEugene Atget, La Villette, rue Asselin, fille publique faisant le quart devant sa porte, 19e, 1921 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026<\/p>\n

The Vicente Wolf Photography Collection \u2014 a collection assembled by Wolf over nearly five decades \u2014 will be offered by Christie\u2019s across one live and one online auction. It includes photographs spanning a wide range of subjects, genres, movements and periods, with works by some of the most influential European and American photographers of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Wolf built his career working across residential, hospitality and commercial spaces while developing a parallel interest in photography. His approach to collecting began with advice from photographer Richard Avedon<\/a> and continued for decades.<\/p>\n

\"ARichard Avedon, Igor Stravinsky, Composer, New York City, November 2, 1969 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026
\n\"AIlse Bing, Fountain, Rond Point des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Paris, 1934 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026
\n\"ADorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026<\/p>\n

According to a press release, Wolf says he spent considerable time searching for the right print of Lange\u2019s Migrant Mother<\/a>, one of the best-known American photographs of the 20th century, before finding one at auction. Wolf\u2019s print shows the mother\u2019s thumb, which Lange later edited out, making the print unusual and revealing how the iconic photograph originally looked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hunted for a long time for the right Dorothea Lange photograph and when I saw Migrant Mother come up in an auction catalogue, I had to see it. I was really surprised knowing the image pretty well, that I had never seen mother\u2019s thumb in the photograph and in going through and doing some research, I found out that Lange had edited out the thumb after the first few images were printed,\u201d Wolf says. \u201cI thought this was the perfect image to own of Dorothea Lange because A, of its uniqueness and B, because it made it just a little different than every other image that you see of Migrant Mother. I think details like that bring an image back to the days when the original photograph was taken.<\/p>\n

\"AEdward Weston, Dunes, Oceano, 1936 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026<\/p>\n

\"AYva (Else Ernestine Neul\u00e4nder), Untitled, 1937 | Christie\u2019s Images Ltd. 2026<\/p>\n

Among the artists represented in the collection are Alexander Rodchenko, Constantin Br\u00e2ncusi, Man Ray, Lee Miller, Diane Arbus, Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz, Edward Weston, Francesca Woodman, and Avedon. The sale also includes an anonymous press print of Marilyn Monroe that was hand-masked as a mock-up for the first cover of Playboy in 1953.<\/p>\n

The Vicente Wolf Photography Collection<\/a> will go up for auction at Christie\u2019s on October 22. <\/p>\n

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