Lot 34 · A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C.
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw, New York · 4 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-244955
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C. Phillips, 4 Oct 2018, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-244955.
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From the same sale A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw · Oct 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent girl at a nudist camp, N.J. | Diane Arbus | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Mary and Pablo, N.Y.C. | Robert Frank | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Robert Penn Warren, poet, fairfield, CT, 10-13-78 | Hiro | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Nodnol Park | Gabriel Orozco | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Joseph Beuys from his performance Die Aktion Wie man dem toten Hasen … | Walter Vogel | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Selected Images | Dr. Erich Salomon | $30,000–$50,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Lady Bartender At Home With Souvenir Dog, New Orleans, LA | $63,000 | Phillips, Oct 2022 | |
| Diane Arbus | Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Audience with projection booth, N.Y.C., 1958 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A house on a hill, Hollywood, Cal. | Phillips, Oct 2018 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A family on the lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y.' | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'Parlor, Xmas, Levittown' (Xmas tree in a living room in Lev | Bonhams, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp | Sotheby's, Sep 2014 | ||
| Diane Arbus | 'A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.