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    • 136 Lots

    1
    Peter Hujar
    Cow with Straw in its Mouth
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £22,680
    2
    Peter Hujar
    Christopher Street Pier #2 (Crossed Legs)
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £44,100
    3
    Dorothea Lange
    Cable Car, San Francisco
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    4
    Imogen Cunningham
    Magnolia Blossom
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    5
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Orchid
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    6
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Rose
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    7
    Irving Penn
    Collapse
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    8
    Lee Friedlander
    New Orleans
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    9
    Ansel Adams
    Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    10
    Diane Arbus
    Young Couple in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    11
    Diane Arbus
    Woman in a Floppy Hat, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    12
    Diane Arbus
    Lady on a bus, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    Article | Photographs

    A View from the Garden: Photographs from a Private Cotswolds Collection

    Pride of place for photographs across styles and eras in Phillips' 22 November offering.

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    13
    Helen Levitt
    Untitled (Graffiti, New York)
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    14
    Garry Winogrand
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    15
    Kiichi Asano
    A Rainy Commencement Ceremony Day; Commencement Ceremony from The Gion Quarter
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    16
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Armpit
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £11,970
    17
    荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki
    Erotos
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    18
    Adam Fuss
    From the series 'My Ghost'
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    19
    Chris McCaw
    Sunburned GSP #876 (Full summer day, Mojave)
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    20
    Alison Rossiter
    Eastman Kodak Kodabromide, expired March 1943, processed 2017
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £4,788
    21
    Marco Breuer
    Pan (C-366)
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    22
    Robert Polidori
    Salle St Cyr et de Madame de Maintenon, (89) ANR.02.007, Salles du XVII, Aile du Nord - 1er étage, Château de Versailles, France
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    23
    Robert Polidori
    Cabinet intérieur de Madame Adélaide, (56 C) CCE.01.058, Corps Central – R.d.C, Château de Versailles, 1986
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    24
    Vik Muniz
    Hercules and Omphale (detail), after François Lemoyne from Pictures of Junk
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £22,680
    Article | Photographs

    Richard Avedon’s Iconic Beatles Portfolio

    London Photographs to offer psychedelic portraits of the Fab Four on 22 November.

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    25
    Joel Sternfeld
    The East Meadows, Northampton, Massachusetts
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    26
    Joel Meyerowitz
    Dune Grass House, Truro, Massachusetts
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    27
    Mitch Epstein
    Untitled, New York #24
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    28
    Frank Thiel
    City 2/60 (Berlin)
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    29
    Alec Soth
    The Blue Room, New Orleans
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    30
    Sam Taylor-Johnson
    Self Portrait as a Tree
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold
    31
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Jeremy
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    32
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    white jeans on white
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    33
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Collum
    Estimate
    £50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    £76,860
    34
    Shirin Neshat
    Fervor
    Estimate
    £30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    £35,280
    35
    Zanele Muholi
    Lena, London from Somnyama Ngonyama
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    36
    Zanele Muholi
    MaID III, Philadelphia from Somnyama Ngonyama
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    Article | Photographs

    ULTIMATE Newcomers

    Debuts from the ULTIMATE selection at Phillips 22 November Photographs auction in London.

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    37
    Alfred Stieglitz
    The Steerage
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    39
    Man Ray
    Magnolia Blossom
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    40
    Eugène Atget
    Coin, rue de l’Abreuvoir et des Saules
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    41
    Man Ray
    Meret Oppenheim
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £32,760
    42
    Frederick Sommer
    Frog and Flower
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    43
    Lisette Model
    Coney Island Bather, New York City
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    45
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue Mouffetard, Paris
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    46
    Robert Frank
    Chicago
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    47
    Stephen Shore
    Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, June 21
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £32,760
    48
    Thomas Struth
    Lafayette Street at Great Jones Street, New York
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    49
    Seiji Kurata
    Ikebukuro, Rooftop of the Bungeiza Street Building
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    50
    Tamiko Nishimura
    Tokyo
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Article | Photographs

    Ellen von Unwerth: In Conversation

    Yuka Yamaji, Head of Photographs, Europe, and celebrated photographer Ellen von Unwerth discuss her enduring relationship with Polaroids and the stories behind some of her most memorable moments from the ULTIMATE selection.

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    51
    Shoji Ueda
    Kako
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,292
    52
    Alice Mann
    Dr Van Der Ross Drummies, Cape Town, South Africa
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £11,970
    53
    Ole Marius Joergensen
    Dalen from Space Travels
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    54
    Eiji Ohashi
    Roadside Lights #002
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £11,340
    55
    Carl Corey
    2412 • Luck, Wisconsin from Habitat
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    56
    Susan Gamble
    Knickers & Stockings from Body in Question
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    57
    Jeremy Cowart
    Houston in Red, Lightograph IV
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    58
    Ilona Langbroek
    Longing for Insulinde #1 from Silent Loss
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    59
    Prince Gyasi
    The Arrival
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £44,100
    60
    Bastiaan Woudt
    Rhythm
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £31,500
    61
    Markus Brunetti
    Köln Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus from FACADES
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold
    62
    Sohei Nishino
    Diorama Map Rio de Janeiro
    Estimate
    £35,000–55,000
    Sold For
    £40,320
    Article | Photographs

    VR Walkthrough: Photographs London | 22 November 2022

    Tour our London Photographs sale in this virtual reality walkthrough from 30 Berkeley Square.

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    63
    Zhang Huan
    Family Tree
    Estimate
    £60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    £75,600
    64
    Richard Avedon
    The Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, London
    Estimate
    £700,000–900,000
    Sold For
    £809,000
    65
    Richard Avedon
    Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
    Estimate
    £55,000–75,000
    Sold For
    £85,680
    66
    Richard Avedon
    Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald with Simone, Barbara Mullen, Frederick Eberstadt and Dr. Reginald Kernan, Evening Dresses by Balmain, Dior, Patou, Maxim's, Paris, August
    Estimate
    £40,000–60,000
    Sold
    67
    Helmut Newton
    Sie Kommen, Naked, Paris
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    £44,100
    69
    Massimo Vitali
    Papeete Beach Prima #1921
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    70
    Nick Brandt
    Elephant Drinking, Amboseli
    Estimate
    £70,000–90,000
    71
    Nick Brandt
    Giraffes in Evening Light, Maasai Mara
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £27,720
    72
    Nick Brandt
    Zebras Turning Heads, Ngorongoro Crater
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    73
    Peter Beard
    756 elephants on the TSAVO Border in "STARVO" / for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    74
    Peter Beard
    Last of the "100 lbers" (100 lbs ivory/side)
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £25,200
    75
    Peter Beard
    150-160 Iber, Tsavo North, Feb.
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £16,380
    76
    Nick Brandt
    Portrait of Lioness Against Rock, Serengeti
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    77
    Nick Brandt
    Three Rhinos, Lake Nakuru
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    78
    Peter Beard
    Uganda, Murchison Park, for The End of the Game
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £4,788
    79
    Annie Leibovitz
    Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £37,800
    80
    Flip Schulke
    Ali Underwater
    Estimate
    £9,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £20,160
    81
    Pieter Hugo
    Emeka Onu, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,080
    82
    Irving Penn
    Mandrill
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    83
    Danila Tkachenko
    Restricted Areas Nº 1
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    84
    Danila Tkachenko
    Restricted Areas Nº 18
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    85
    Chuck Close
    Kate Moss
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £12,600
    86
    Steven Meisel
    Linda Evangelista, New York City
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,292
    87
    Herb Ritts
    Correya, Africa
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    88
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Time Exposed
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    £13,860
    89
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Wapiti
    Estimate
    £9,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £16,380
    90
    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    91
    Tokyo Rumando
    Orphée
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    92
    Naoya Hatakeyama
    Underground #6912
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    93
    Naoya Hatakeyama
    Underground #7109
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    94
    Erwin Blumenfeld
    Legs a la Seurat, New York
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    95
    Frederick Sommer
    Abstract
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    96
    何藩 Fan Ho
    It's Raining
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    97
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Siphnos, Greece
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £15,120
    98
    Edward Weston
    Tina on the Azotea from Desnudos
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    99
    Mario Giacomelli
    Scanno
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £2,772
    100
    Helmut Newton
    Model and Meccano Set, Paris
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,292
    101
    Helmut Newton
    Paloma Picasso, Saint-Tropez
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    102
    Helmut Newton
    Lisa Lyon
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    103
    Horst P. Horst
    Nina de Voogh, New York
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    104
    Horst P. Horst
    Lillian Marcuson, New York
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    No Reserve
    105
    Lillian Bassman
    The Little Furs: Mary Jane Russell in a cape-jacket by Ritter Brothers at the Essex House, New York
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,780
    No Reserve
    106
    Lillian Bassman
    Barbara Mullen in a Gown by Irene, New York
    Estimate
    £2,500–3,500
    Sold For
    £2,016
    107
    Eamonn Doyle
    K-19
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,820
    108
    Harry Cory Wright
    Dark Cliff
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £2,520
    109
    Edward Burtynsky
    Oil Spill #3, Development Driller III, Gulf of Mexico, May 11
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    110
    Edward Burtynsky
    Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110, Los Angeles, California
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    111
    William Eggleston
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    112
    Loretta Lux
    Hidden Rooms 1 and Hidden Rooms 2
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    113
    Alec Soth
    Patrick, Palm Sunday, Baton Rouge, LA
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    114
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Still life, Tel Aviv
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £13,860
    115
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    nackt
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £7,560
    116
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Anders pulling splinter from his foot (b/w)
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £18,900
    117
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Damon
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £6,048
    118
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    U-Bahn Sitz
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    119
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    Suit
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £6,930
    120
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Miami Blues, Kate Moss, Miami
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £20,160
    121
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Splendor in the Garden, Kate Moss, Miami
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £44,100
    122
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Casting Kate, Kate Moss, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,788
    123
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Chimney Sweeper, Kate Moss, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £47,880
    124
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Miss America, Claudia Schiffer, Saint Tropez
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    125
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Babe Watching, Claudia Schiffer, Saint Tropez
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £5,670
    126
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Like a Dude, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,788
    127
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Big Spender, Naomi Campbell and Stephanie Seymour, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    128
    Ellen von Unwerth
    The Red Baroness, Karen Mulder, Cannes
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £5,292
    129
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Kaffeeklatsch, Karen Mulder and Deon Bray, Café de Flore, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    130
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Jump Over the Eiffel Tower
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    131
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Lovers, Karen Elson, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £2,142
    132
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Swinging Berlin, Twins
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £3,024
    133
    Ellen von Unwerth
    The Spy from the Cold, Nadja Auermann, Prague
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £3,276
    134
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Happy! Nadja Auermann, Prague
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,032
    135
    Ellen von Unwerth
    The Green Baroness, Nadja Auermann, Paris
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £5,040
    136
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Soaked, Girls in the Bath
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £6,300
    137
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Unveiled, Adriana Lima, Mexico
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £8,190
    138
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Celebrity, Alessandra Ambrosio, Saint Tropez
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £4,410
    139
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Car Wash, Paris Hilton, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £2,142