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    • 130 Lots

    1
    Peter Beard
    Giraffes in mirage on the Taru desert, Kenya, June
    Estimate
    £60,000 - £80,000
    Sold For
    £73,080
    2
    Peter Beard
    Waterbuck Family, Uaso Nyiro for The End of the Game
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    3
    Peter Beard
    Loliondo Lion Charge for "End-Game"
    Estimate
    £18,000 - £22,000
    4
    Peter Beard
    Female Gerenuk on the Tiva, Tsavo North, near Kathamula (before the die-off) February
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £17,640
    5
    Peter Beard
    Iman at Hoggers, Kenya
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £9,450
    6
    Peter Beard
    Lion Pride near Ndutu, Southern Serengeti – with Richard Bell
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    7
    Peter Beard
    Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, near hunting block 33/ Ithumber Hill on the Athi-Tiva dry river, February
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £6,930
    8
    Peter Beard
    Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert, Kenya, June
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold
    9
    Peter Beard
    Lion
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    10
    Peter Beard
    Fayel Tall on Lake Rudolf at Loingalani, El Molo Bay
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £16,380
    11
    Peter Beard
    Ndutu, S. Serengeti for The End of the Game
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £4,410
    12
    Peter Beard
    Ruhuti Valley (Aberdare Forest, Kenya), record-class rhino [circa 47"]
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £6,300

    IN FOCUS: Peter Beard

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    13
    Peter Beard
    Joy Mboya, Loyangalani, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £18,900
    15
    Louise Lawler
    Roy's Eye
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold
    16
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Mirtoan Sea, Sounion
    Estimate
    £18,000 - £22,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    17
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Black Sea, Inebolu
    Estimate
    £18,000 - £22,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    18
    Richard Mosse
    La Vie en Rose
    Estimate
    £9,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,710
    19
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Lighter, white II
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £31,500
    20
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Silver 120
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    21
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Selbst portrait; August, self portrait
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    22
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Volker, lying
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    23
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Venus Transit
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £6,930
    24
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Bakerloo Line
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    25
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Paul, nude, golfball
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £6,930

    ULTIMATE Newcomers

    Whether the first or the last, a one-off or the only, each work in Phillips' ULTIMATE collection is a rare masterpiece on offer exclusively in our 25 May London Photographs auction. 

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    26
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    after party (c)
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £5,670
    27
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Pfingstrosen
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £9,450
    28
    Gregory Crewdson
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £32,760
    29
    Candida Höfer
    Centro Naval Buenos Aires I
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £35,280
    30
    Vik Muniz
    Starry Night, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2
    Estimate
    £35,000 - £55,000
    Sold For
    £94,500
    31
    Vik Muniz
    The Poppy Field at Argenteuil, after Claude Monet from Pictures of Pigment
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    32
    Vik Muniz
    Mona Lisa, after Leonardo da Vinci from Gordian Puzzles
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £30,240
    33
    Edward Steichen
    Gloria Swanson, New York
    Estimate
    £240,000 - £340,000
    Sold For
    £277,200
    34
    Gustave Le Gray
    Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons au Général Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély
    Estimate
    £100,000 - £150,000
    Sold For
    £327,600
    35
    木村伊兵衛 Ihei Kimura
    青年、秋田市仁井田 Young Men, Niida, Akita City
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    36
    David Goldblatt
    Old mill foundations, tailing wheel and sand dump, Witwatersrand Deep Gold Mine, Germiston
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    37
    Markus Brunetti
    Cortegaça, Paróquia de Santa Marinha from FACADES
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £40,320

    A Rediscovered Treasure: Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons by Gustave Le Gray

    Le Gray's masterwork of early photography, rediscovered after 160 years.

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    38
    Tania Franco Klein
    Railway, TH 332 from Pest Control
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £25,000
    Sold For
    £18,900
    39
    Rafael Pavarotti
    R€I$
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    40
    Lina Scheynius
    Untitled (Diary) from Love
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold
    41
    Lucia Fainzilber
    Untitled 30 from Somewear
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    42
    野口里佳 Noguchi Rika
    フジヤマ [Fujiyama] A Prime #1
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £63,000
    43
    Mark Clennon
    Untitled (Today)
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £5,670
    44
    Mário Macilau
    Two Boys with a Fish from Faith
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    45
    Namsa Leuba
    Umfana from The Kingdom of Mountains
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    46
    Ana Mendieta
    Untitled from Sandwoman
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £17,640
    47
    Sophie Calle
    Les Dormeurs / Bob Garison
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    48
    Francesca Woodman
    MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold
    49
    Ishiuchi Miyako
    Apartment #55 横浜 平沼 Hiranuma, Yokohama
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    50
    Ishiuchi Miyako
    Apartment #28
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    51
    Ishiuchi Miyako
    Apartment #52
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    52
    Irving Penn
    Bedside Lamp, New York
    Estimate
    £40,000 - £60,000
    Sold For
    £50,400
    53
    Irving Penn
    Cocoa Dress (Balenciaga), Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Paris
    Estimate
    £35,000 - £45,000
    Sold For
    £37,800
    54
    Irving Penn
    Sore Foot, Jean Patchett, Lima, Peru
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £37,800
    55
    Peter Beard
    Orphaned cheetah cubs @ Mweiga nr. Nyeri (KENYA) for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £126,000
    56
    Peter Beard
    Scarifications in Turkanaland/ Ferguson's Gulf
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    57
    Herb Ritts
    Maasai Woman and Child, Africa
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    58
    Cindy Sherman
    Untitled (In honor of Mark Morrisroe)
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    59
    Andy Warhol
    Untitled (Meadow)
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £22,680
    60
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Rose
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £21,420
    61
    Peter Lindbergh
    Amber Valletta, Harper's Bazaar U.S.A., Time Square [sic], New York
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    62
    Michel Comte
    Helena Christensen II, Safe Sex Campaign
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £9,450
    63
    Michel Comte
    Helena Christensen III, Safe Sex Campaign
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    64
    Patrick Demarchelier
    Shalom Harlow, Paris
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    65
    Herb Ritts
    Brigitte Nielsen, Malibu
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    66
    Bruce Weber
    Lisa Marie, Palm Beach, Fl.
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    67
    Helmut Newton
    Eva with Pickelhaube, Monte-Carlo
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold
    No Reserve
    70
    Cathleen Naundorf
    TW 2, 47 from L'arche de Noé
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £1,890
    No Reserve
    71
    George Hoyningen-Huene
    Georgia Graves, Swimwear by Lelong, Paris
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £2,520
    No Reserve
    72
    Norman Parkinson
    Woman with Tram; Wenda, Peabody Buildings
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £2,016
    73
    Horst P. Horst
    Coco Chanel, Paris
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    74
    Frank Horvat
    Givenchy Hat C, Paris
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £11,970
    75
    William Klein
    Hat + Five Roses, Paris (Vogue)
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £4,788
    76
    William Klein
    Anne St. Marie + Cruiser in Traffic, New York (Vogue)
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    77
    Norman Parkinson
    Golfing at Le Touquet
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    78
    Lillian Bassman
    Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    79
    Richard Avedon
    Sunny Harnett, Evening dress by Grès, Casino, Le Touquet, August
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £22,680
    80
    Horst P. Horst
    Lisa on Silk III, New York
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    81
    Horst P. Horst
    Nails in Technicolor, New York
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    82
    Ormond Gigli
    Girls in the Windows
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    83
    Chris Smith
    Ali and The Beatles
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £22,680
    84
    Flip Schulke
    Ali Underwater
    Estimate
    £9,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    85
    Sandy Skoglund
    Revenge of the Goldfish
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £25,000
    Sold For
    £37,800
    86
    Sandy Skoglund
    Fox Games
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    87
    Tyler Shields
    Under the Rain
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    88
    Chris Levine
    Equanimity 9
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    89
    Chris Levine
    Equanimous 1 (Crystallised)
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    90
    Tina Barney
    The Reception
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    91
    Nan Goldin
    Amanda in the Sauna, Hotel Savoy, Berlin
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    92
    Nan Goldin
    Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreau, Island
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £11,340
    93
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Lisa Lyon
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    94
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    AEG Turbine Factory
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    95
    Wim Wenders
    The Black Car, Havana
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £4,410
    No Reserve
    96
    Thomas Struth
    Zhejiang Zhong Lu, Shanghai
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £5,670
    No Reserve
    97
    Gabriel Orozco
    Chanclas En Venta
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    98
    Gabriel Orozco
    Vitral
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,930
    99
    Ola Kolehmainen
    Are You Talking To Me?
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    100
    Louise Lawler
    30 Inches High
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    101
    Idris Khan
    every… Nicholas Nixon’s Brown Sisters
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    102
    Diane Arbus
    Untitled (I)
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    No Reserve
    103
    Joel-Peter Witkin
    Studio of the Painter (Courbet), Paris
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £756
    104
    Sally Mann
    The Three Graces
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    105
    Sally Mann
    Three Generations
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,930
    No Reserve
    106
    O. Winston Link
    NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive-in, West Virginia
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    107
    George Tice
    Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    108
    Robert Adams
    Swedish Lutheran Church, Clarkville
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    109
    Harry Callahan
    Weed Against The Sky, Detroit
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    110
    Wynn Bullock
    Mendocino, California
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold
    111
    Harry Callahan
    Chicago
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £2,520
    No Reserve
    112
    Andy Warhol
    Untitled (Taylor Mead)
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £2,772
    No Reserve
    113
    Larry Clark
    Untitled from Tulsa
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £378
    114
    Steve McCurry
    Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £10,710
    115
    Nick Brandt
    Cheetah and Cubs, Maasai Mara
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £32,760
    116
    Nick Brandt
    Elephant Mother with Baby at Leg, Amboseli
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    117
    Nick Brandt
    Lion on Burned Ground, Serengeti
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    118
    Sebastião Salgado
    Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    119
    Sebastião Salgado
    Sahara, South of Djanet, Algeria
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    120
    Nick Brandt
    Portrait of Baby Zebra, Lewa Downs
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    121
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue Mouffetard, Paris
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    122
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Siphnos, Greece
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    123
    Josef Koudelka
    Romania
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £13,860
    125
    Roger Ballen
    Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    No Reserve
    126
    荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki
    Satchin
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £4,410
    127
    René Burri
    Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    No Reserve
    128
    Willy Ronis
    Les amoureux de la Bastille, Paris
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £2,520
    No Reserve
    129
    Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
    Porteur aux Halles
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £2,520
    No Reserve
    130
    Édouard Boubat
    Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £1,638
    No Reserve
    131
    Ilse Bing
    Leaves and Twigs, Paris
    Estimate
    £1,500 - £2,500
    Sold For
    £1,386
    No Reserve
    132
    Colin Jones
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £2,772
    No Reserve
    133
    Alfred Eisenstaedt
    Winston Churchill, Liverpool
    Estimate
    £1,000 - £2,000
    Sold For
    £11,340
    No Reserve
    135
    Roger Ballen
    Security Guard and Puppy on Staircase, Gauteng
    Estimate
    £1,000 - £2,000
    Sold For
    £819