Sotheby's and The Quillan Collection Postpone Sale of A Leaf Sotheby’s and the owners of The Quillan Collection have announced that they will postpone the sale of an early photogenic drawing of a leaf, photographer unknown (lot 43).
News-Antique.com - Apr 11,2008 - Sotheby's and The Quillan Collection Postpone Sale of A Leaf
Sotheby’s and the owners of The Quillan Collection have announced that they will postpone the sale of an early photogenic drawing of a leaf, photographer unknown (lot 43), which was to be offered on April 7th.
Denise Bethel, Director of Sotheby’s Photographs department, said, “Following the publication of the catalogue for the sale of The Quillan Collection, scholars across the field of photography have entered into a spirited and lively dialogue about the possible origins for the Leaf. Dr. Larry Schaaf’s essay, which comprised our copy for the lot, has inspired and attracted much discourse. This conversation has revealed new areas of research, which will be explored in the coming months. While we had hoped to present the Leaf at auction in the context of The Quillan Collection, a carefully curated group of photographs, the possibility of a definitive conclusion regarding this early photogenic drawing is even more exciting.”
The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs is a collection comprised of 69 photographs assembled by Jill Quasha, a private photography dealer who specializes in building both public and private collections, on behalf of the Quillan Company, an investment group.
