Robert Demachy Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Robert Demachy Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 05, 2025
Robert Dermachy (1859-1936), and Others
Est: £400 - £600
Robert Dermachy (1859-1936), and Others 13 photogravures, many from "Camera Work" Robert Demachy. Contrasts,1904, photogravure, 17 x 12cm;Idem. In Brittany, 1904, photogravure, 12.1 x 19cm;Idem. The Seine at Clichy, 1906, photogravure, 20 x 15cm;Heinrich Kuhn (1866-1944). Washerwoman on the Dunes, 1906 photogravure, 16 x 22cm;Hans Watzek (1848-1903). A Village Corner, 1899, photogravure, titled in pencil (on the reverse), 30.5 x 21.5cm, executed in 1899, this work was printed in 1906;and 8 others, comprising: Hill & Adamson, the Misses Watson; Hugo Henneberg, Villa Torlonia; Watzek, Poplars and Clouds; Demachy, Street in Mentone; Demachy, Street in Lisieux, Alvin Langdon Coburn, The Empire Theatre, London; Demachy, On the Lake; Watzek, Sheep; all but 3 photogravures framed and glazed;[WITH] Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966). A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs. Folio, comprising 16 reproductions of Coburn's photographs tipped onto lettered mounts, New York: [1962] (14) The Estate of Dorothy Bohm.
Lyon & Turnbull
Aug. 07, 2024
Robert Demachy (1859-1936)
Est: £100 - £200
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) Robert Demachy (1859-1936) WOMAN AND CHILD AT THE WINDOW, c.1900. Oversized photogravure on rag paper, printed later, image size 500 x 375mm, sheet size 755 x 560mm, editioned '42/100' in pencil lower margin.
Chiswick Auctions
Feb. 22, 2024
Robert Demachy image from Camera Work
Est: $200 - $300
Heading: Author: Demachy, Robert Title: Behind the Scenes Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: 1904 Description: Halftone image from photograph. 19.5x9.8 cm (7¾x4"); tipped to sheet: 30x21 cm (11¾x8¼").Demarchy's initials 'RD' in plate on bottom left of image.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 12, 2023
Robert Demachy. Portrait of a Woman. Gum print
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859–1936) Portrait of a Woman, circa 1910. Gum bichromate print on thin card, 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (115 x 135 mm), signed with Demachy's monogram in ink (l.r.), accompanied by a paper fragment with monogram in the negative. Traces of an old mount on the verso of the print, a few faint marks apparently in the print. This unique example was offered by Christie's, December 4, 1996. Provenance: Christie's East, Photographs, December 4, 1996, to Norma and Martin Stevens. Norma Stevens represented Richard Avedon for thirty years, and her husband Martin (d. 2016) was an art and creative director for Revlon and other agencies.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 21, 2023
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) Portrait of a Woman, circa 1910. Gum bichromate print on thin card, 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (115 x 135 mm),...
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) Portrait of a Woman, circa 1910. Gum bichromate print on thin card, 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (115 x 135 mm), signed with Demachy's monogram in ink (l.r.), accompanied by a paper fragment with monogram in the negative. Traces of an old mount on the verso of the print, a few faint marks apparently in the print. This unique example was offered by Christie's, December 4, 1996. Provenance: Christie's East, Photographs, December 4, 1996, to Norma and Martin Stevens. Norma Stevens represented Richard Avedon for thirty years, and her husband Martin (d. 2016) was an art and creative director for Revlon and other agencies. C Collection of Norma and Martin Stevens
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 25, 2022
Robert DEMACHY 1859 - 1936 Jeune femme et tête en marbre - Circa 1895
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Robert DEMACHY 1859 - 1936 Jeune femme et tête en marbre - Circa 1895 Gomme bichromatée 16,30 x 11,70 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) - cadre Provenance : Galerie La Remise du Parc, Paris Ancienne collection Robert William Burke, Paris Collection particulière, Paris Commentaire : A gum bichromate print, framed Estimation 1 500 - 2 000 €
Artcurial
Dec. 02, 2021
DEMACHY ROBERT: (1859-1936)
Est: €250 - €350
DEMACHY ROBERT: (1859-1936) French Photographer. A.L.S., Robert Demachy, three pages, 8vo, Paris, n.d., to [Frederick H.] Evans, on the printed stationery of the Photo Club de Paris. Demachy announces 'I was extremely disappointed at our Jury's decision in regard to your works which I admire greatly', explaining 'They systematically refused all architectural work this year - because it was architecture. Save one where there was a very peculiar effect of light on the foreground - the back of the church being kept in dark shadow. They said that in this case the architecture was quite subservient to the effect of light and shade' and continuing to comment 'These gentlemen - nearly all members of the two salons of painting - represent personalities such as prevent us from trying to influence their decisions, Unhappily three of our Jury were ill, and absent, which explains perhaps the preponderance of this new doctrine'. Demachy concludes by writing 'I quite understand that you should be annoyed at this misunderstanding but the great success that your works have everywhere and will continue to have should amply compensate any resentment you might feel against Gerome & Co.'. A letter of interesting content and good association. Some foxing, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, G Frederick H. Evans (1853-1943) British Photographer known for his images of architectural subjects including English and French cathedrals.
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Apr. 19, 2018
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) Portrait of a Woman.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) Portrait of a Woman. Gum bichromate print, the image measuring 4 1/2x5 1/4 inches (11.4x13.3 cm.), with Demachy's monogram, in the negative. 1903-06
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 25, 2017
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper
Est: $80 - $120
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper editioned 319/500, published by Sepia 33.0 x 25.5cm
Leonard Joel
Apr. 07, 2017
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper
Est: $200 - $400
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper editioned 319/500, published by Sepia 33.0 x 25.5cm
Leonard Joel
Nov. 10, 2016
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper
Est: $500 - $700
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRANCE, 1859-1936) A Portfolio of Sixteen Rare Prints portfolio of 16 sepia prints attached to rag paper editioned 319/500, published by Sepia 33.0 x 25.5cm
Leonard Joel
Nov. 10, 2016
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRENCH, 1859-1936) Portrait Of A Child c. 1900 gum bichromate print
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (FRENCH, 1859-1936) Portrait Of A Child c. 1900 gum bichromate print signed on print verso with "52096" inscribed in pencil 13.0 x 11.0cm
Leonard Joel
May. 17, 2016
ROBERT LEON DEMACHY
Est: -
ROBERT LEON DEMACHY 1859-1936 Portrait of Madame Demachy c. 1900 Stampa agli inchiostri grassi, “Aida Boni” annotato a matita al recto e al verso “Mme Demachy” Montata in passpartout. cm 18,5 x 13 (27 x 23,5 passpartout) Bromoil pigment print mounted on passpartout. Annotated “Aida Boni” recto and “Mme Demachy” verso. in. 7.3 x 5.1 (10.6 x 9.2 passpartout) Provenienza/Provenance Tajan, Paris, 2002.
Aste Bolaffi
Feb. 28, 2014
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) - A Model, 1906
Est: £100 - £150
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) - A Model, 1906 Photogravure on tissue-thin Japan paper, 17.4 x 15cm (6 5/8 x 5 5/8in) Literature: Camera Work 16 , 1906
Dreweatts 1759
Nov. 22, 2013
Robert Demachy (1859-1936). A Model, 1906.
Est: £300 - £400
Robert Demachy (1859-1936). A Model, 1906. Photogravure on tissue-thin Japan paper, 17.4 x 15cm (6 5/8 x 5 5/8in). Literature: Camera Work 16, 1906
Dreweatts 1759
Nov. 18, 2012
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) [Villers?] Neige, c.
Est: €500 - €700
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) [Villers?] Neige, c. 1900. Gomme bichromatée sur papier filigrané, signée à la mine de plomb dans la marge inférieure à gauche, titrée d'une main anonyme au verso....
Ader
May. 15, 2012
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859 - 1937)
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
JEUNE FILLE, 1902 GUM BICHROMATE PRINT, SIGNED R. DEMACHY AT LOWER LEFT. MOUNTED AND FRAMED. Tirage à la gomme bichromatée. Signé R. Demachy à l'encre rouge en bas à gauche. Monté sous passe-partout et encadré. Partie visible 25,8 x 16,5 cm (sight area 10 1/8 x 6 ½ in.)
Sotheby's
Apr. 05, 2012
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) Jeune Fille Couchée, 1905 gum bichromate print image/sheet: 5½ x 8in. (30.8 x 20.4cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 18, 2011
Robert Demachy (French, 1859-1936); Sea Calm;
Est: $300 - $500
Sea Calm, 1904 Photogravure, tipped to tissue-thin laid paper, from Camera Work, number 7, in very good condition aside from time staining to paper mount, not framed. 7 x 4 7/8in
Bonhams
May. 19, 2011
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) Untitled (nude).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) Untitled (nude). Gum bichromate print, 9x6 inches (22.9x15.2 cm.), with Demachy's credit, in pencil, and a note of provenance from Serge Nazarieff on the mat. Circa 1905
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 03, 2011
DEMACHY Robert (1859-1936), etc. Ensemble de 21 livres sur des photographes et la photographie du 19e siècle en France. Des livres...
Est: €650 - €750
DEMACHY Robert (1859-1936), etc. Ensemble de 21 livres sur des photographes et la photographie du 19e siècle en France. Des livres sur Robert DEMACHY, Gustave LE GRAY, Charles NEGRE, Henri LE SECQ, Pierre BONNARD etc.
Pierre Bergé & Associés
May. 03, 2011
PUYO, Constant (1857-1933) et Robert DEMACHY (1859-1936), etc. Esthétique de la photographie. (1900) IIllustré de 14 planches dont...
Est: €500 - €600
PUYO, Constant (1857-1933) et Robert DEMACHY (1859-1936), etc. Esthétique de la photographie. (1900) IIllustré de 14 planches dont : Portrait de Femme et L'Ile Heureuse par C. PUYO. Portrait d'Homme et Communicante par R. DEMACHY.
Pierre Bergé & Associés
Oct. 21, 2010
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) and Romeo Martinez (20th Century), FrenchROBERT DEMACHY: A PORTFOLIO OF SIXTEEN RARE PRINTS
Est: $200 - $300
Robert Demachy (1859-1936) and Romeo Martinez (20th Century), FrenchROBERT DEMACHY: A PORTFOLIO OF SIXTEEN RARE PRINTS; Limited edition folio of 16 photo reproductions, some tinted with traces of watercolour, of Demachy's paintings tipped onto wove folded sheets, loose in folio, with index page and biography and numbered 290/500 verso. Brown cloth hardcover folio case with inset print title. Original cardboard publisher's shipping boxoverall 13.5" x 10.25" - 34.3 x 26 cm.
Waddington's
Apr. 03, 2009
Robert DEMACHY (1859-1936) - Portrait de jeune
Est: €600 - €800
Robert DEMACHY (1859-1936) - Portrait de jeune fille, vers 1906-1910
Piasa
Nov. 16, 2007
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) - "A portfolio of
Est: €300 - €500
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) - "A portfolio of sixteen rare prints"
Piasa
Oct. 15, 2007
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) "Harbor Scene."
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) "Harbor Scene." Unique bromoil print, 8 1/2x6 inches (21.6x15.2 cm.), with Demachy's signature, in the plate, on recto and "Trouville en 1900 embarcadera du bateau du Havre," in pencil, on verso, in a period hand. Circa 1900
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 07, 2007
Behind the Scenes; and the Struggle, from Camera Work , January and July 1904
Est: $900 - $1,200
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) Behind the Scenes; and the Struggle, from Camera Work, January and July 1904 2 halftone prints each approx. 7¾ x 4in. (19.7 x 10.2cm.) (2)
Christie's
Apr. 24, 2007
Symbolist Study of Sleeping Woman in Woods, 1905
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936) Symbolist Study of Sleeping Woman in Woods, 1905 gum bichromate print 6 3/8 x 9in. (16.2 x 22.9cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 23, 2004
ROBERT DEMACHY (French, 1859-1936) STRUGGL...
Est: $20,000 - $25,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (French, 1859-1936) STRUGGLE, 1904 gum bichromate print mounted on paper image: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (17.5 x 11.7 cm); mount: 15 9/16 x 11 5/8 in. (39.5 x 29.5 cm)
Phillips
Apr. 22, 2004
ROBERT DEMACHY (French, 1859-1936) SYMBOLI...
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROBERT DEMACHY (French, 1859-1936) SYMBOLIST STUDY OF SLEEPING WOMAN IN WOODS, 1905 gum bichromate print, mounted on original board image: 6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm); mount: 11 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (29.5 x 39.4 cm)
Phillips
Jun. 06, 2002
CAMERA WORK. > Number 5. Illustrated with 8 photogravures and reproductions comprising 6 after photographs by robert demachy, > and one each after
Est: $800 - $1,200
CAMERA WORK. Number 5. Illustrated with 8 photogravures and reproductions comprising 6 after photographs by robert demachy, and one each after photographs by prescott adamson and frank eugene. 4to, original gray wrappers, chipped and torn, cover detached. New York, 1904
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 06, 2002
CAMERA WORK. > Number 7. Illustrated with 10 photogravures and reproductions, comprising 6 after photographs by theodor > and oscar hofmeister, > 2
Est: $800 - $1,200
CAMERA WORK. Number 7. Illustrated with 10 photogravures and reproductions, comprising 6 after photographs by theodor and oscar hofmeister, 2 after photographs by robert demachy, and one each after photographs by eduard j. steichen and mary devens. 4to, original gray wrappers, chipped and torn with spine detached. New York, 1904
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 10, 2002
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936)
Est: $29,200 - $36,500
Struggle Gum-bichromate print. Circa 1904. 6 7/8 x 4 5/8in. (17.5 x 11.6cm.) PROVENANCE From the Collection of a Descendant of Robert Demachy; Sotheby's, London, 4 May 1995, lot 126; to the present owner. LITERATURE See Camera Lucerne, December 1974, No. 12, pp. 3-46 for a series of articles on Robert Demachy. This lot is illustrated on p. 24. NOTES Demachy was a key architect of the photographic aesthetic of his time both as a practitioner as well as a theoretician, writing five books and more than 1,000 articles on aesthetic and technical issues. Some have pointed to the two great strands in photographic aesthetics; both have had distinguished exponents. One, the "naturalistic" style, characterised by straight printing begins with Peter Henry Emerson and continues through the F64 group in America, and the post-war realists. The second strand, of which Demachy is one of the founders, eschews straight printing and everyday subject matter. This popularity of this aesthetic has ebbed and flowed with fashion, but has stubbornly resurfaced at pivotal points in the history of photography, notably with the Pictorialists, the Surrealists and several contemporary masters. Demachy's aesthetic espoused the artifice in the purest sense of the word, from his use of soft focus and deliberately blurred imagery to his pioneering experiments in printmaking. He wrote with disdain of "naturalistic" photography and the straight print: "...its false values, its lack of accents, its equal delineation of things important and useless." This, to Demachy, was not art. He wrote: "A straight print may be beautiful, and it may prove...that its author is an artist; but it cannot be a work of art...A work of art must be a transcription, not a copy, of nature...This special quality...[which makes it a work of art] is given in the artist's way of expressing himself...If a man slavishly copies nature, no matter if it is with hand and pencil or through a photographic lens, he may be a supreme artist all the while, but that particular work of his cannot be called a work of art..." Demachy's audacity in printmaking - using brushwork, complicated pigments and papers could be summarised by the phrase "the end justifies the means." Stieglitz, writing about the gum bichromate process, said that in it "the artist has a medium that permits the production of any effect desired. As a result his photographs, often printed in colour, have the quality of chalk drawings, aquatints or intaglios." Demachy received no less than five one-man shows at the Royal Photographic Society and sixteen illustrations in Camera Work. He was a member of the Linked Ring, the Photo-Secession and the Soci‚t‚ Francaise de Photographie. 'Struggle' is a signature work, chosen for the January 1904 issue of Camera Work by Stieglitz. It brings together his depiction of nudes; of a quasi-mythological subject matter and superb mastery of the gum process with brush-applied coating in a distinctive ochre finish. Instead of a studio or outdoor setting, Demachy has eliminated the visual clich‚s and props of his contemporaries and boldly focused on the nude subject's dynamic pose. His use of brushwork to create the illusion of a whirlwind with the nude at its vortex, is perhaps the boldest of his entire oeuvre and bridges photography and painting. 'Struggle' epitomises Demachy's philosophy, not to use the medium to document a segment of reality, but indeed, to make visible an idea. Jonathan Green, Ed., Camera Work, A Critical Anthology, New York: Aperture, 1973. Nathan Lyons, Ed., Photographers on Photography, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1966. Robert Demachy, Photographs and Essays, London: Academy Editions, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1974.
Christie's
Oct. 04, 2001
ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Nude study Gum-bichromate print on tissue. Circa 1895. Signed in pencil in the margin. 8 3/8 x 3in. (21.3 x 7.6cm.), tipped to a paper mount.
Christie's
May. 10, 2001
Robert Demachy
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Robert Demachy symbolist figure study, 1890s Gum Bichromate Print, 201 by 126mm Robert Demachy was amongst the foremost artist photographers of the Secessionist movement in France. His stature was confirmed by Alfred Stieglitz's invitation to feature in Camera Work in 1904. Demachy became a master of the gum bichromate process and in 1904 extended his technique to include G.H. Rawlins' oil pigment process. Provenance: La Remise du Parc, Paris, 1980. Literature: Bill Jay, Robert Demachy photographs and essays, London, 1974; Allan Porter (editor-in-chief), Camera, Lucerne, December 1974, issue devoted to Demachy.
Sotheby's