The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) has announced a collaboration with Sotheby’s. A new online auction, Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD, will be presented by Sotheby’s from December 15 through 21, 2020.
Highlighting work from 50 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries, the auction will feature a wide range of museum quality work including contemporary, modern, and 19th-century photographs. The auction will be accompanied by an online catalogue.
Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD will feature photographs by established masters of the medium, including William Henry Fox Talbot, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, and Sigmar Polke, as well as works by artists making their debut at auction, such as Ervin Johnson, Adam Katseff, and Alejandro Chaskielberg.
The sale will support AIPAD’s educational mission through public programming, including the AIPAD Talks program, which is preparing a series of online lectures and talks with leading scholars, curators, and gallerists for next year.
Participating AIPAD galleries include: Alan Klotz Gallery, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, ATLAS Gallery, Barry Singer Gallery, Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., Daniel Blau, Deborah Bell Photographs, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Etherton Gallery, Fahey/Klein Gallery, G. Gibson Gallery, Galerie Clementine de la Feronniere, Gallery 19/21, Gallery FIFTY ONE, Gary Edwards Gallery, Gitterman Gallery, Hans P. Kraus Jr. Inc., Henry Feldstein, Howard Greenberg Gallery, IBASHO, Jackson Fine Art, Joel Soroka Gallery, Keith De Lellis Gallery, L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, Laurence Miller Gallery, Lee Gallery, Lee Marks Fine Art, Michael Dawson Gallery, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Michael Shapiro Photographs, Nailya Alexander Gallery, Obscura Gallery, Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., PDNB Gallery, Peter Fetterman Gallery, Richard Moore Photographs, Robert Klein Gallery, Robert Koch Gallery, Robert Mann Gallery, Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd., Scott Nichols Gallery, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, Staley-Wise Gallery, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Utopica, Vintage Works LTD, Weston Gallery, William L. Schaeffer/Photographs, and Yancey Richardson Gallery.