Photographs

London Auction 25 October 2019

1
Constantin Brancusi
Femme se regardant dans un miroir [Woman looking into a mirror]
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £43,750
2
Hans Bellmer
La Poupée
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
3
Man Ray
Meret Oppenheim
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
4
František Drtikol
Nude Study
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
5
Maurice Tabard
African Masque
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
6
Bill Brandt
London
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Photographs
Early 20th Century Photography in France: Brancusi, Man Ray & Cartier-Bresson
Through three important works, we take a closer look at Modernism's impact on photography during one of the most consequential periods of European history.
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7
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Barcelona
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
8
何藩 Fan Ho
Hong Kong Slum
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
9
何藩 Fan Ho
Hurrying Home
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £25,000
10
Peter Beard
756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £212,500
11
Wolfgang Tillmans
apple tree (f)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
12
Idris Khan
every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Prison Type Gasholder
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £47,500
Photographs
Pieter Hugo: In Conversation
Phillips’ Co-Head of Photographs Yuka Yamaji and artist Pieter Hugo sit down to discuss his 'Kin' series, the story behind his work 'Green Point Common' and what photography means to him.
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13
Pieter Hugo
Green Point Common, Cape Town from Kin
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £23,750
14
Thierry Cohen
Rio de Janeiro 22° 56’ 42’’ S 2011-06-04 LST 12:34 from Darkened Cities
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £20,000
15
Andreas Gefeller
Untitled (Sandtracks), Miami from Supervisions
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
16
Bastiaan Woudt
thula, Alkmaar
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £35,000
17
Amanda Means
Light Bulb 00062C
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £21,250
18
Andrew Zuckerman
Snowy Owl 32
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
Photographs
LATIN AMERICA: Photography from Mexico to Argentina
As part of our London Photographs auction, we're highlighting a standout group of works from across this dynamic and diverse region.
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19
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colorscapes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
20
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £62,500
21
Helmut Newton
Charlotte Rampling, Arles
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £27,500
22
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude 8, Los Angeles
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,875
23
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude 7, Los Angeles
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,000
24
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude 11, Los Angeles
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
Photographs
ULTIMATE: Eight Exceptional Works
Ranging from unique and sold-out works to those appearing at auction for the first time, the one thing these eight works have in common is that they are only available at Phillips.
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25
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude 10, Hollywood
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,250
26
Helmut Newton
Jane Kirby, Avenue Kléber, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
27
Herb Ritts
Three Male Torsos
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
28
Thomas Ruff
Nudes Pus 10
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £11,875
29
Thomas Ruff
Nudes CP 17
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £14,375
30
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 1, Amagansett
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £25,000
31
Steven Klein
Girl with Hat (Kate Moss)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £6,250
32
Annie Leibovitz
Muhammad Ali, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
33
Annie Leibovitz
Mick Jagger
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
34
Bettina Rheims
Madonna showing her Blue Underpants, New York, September
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
35
Lyle Owerko
Boombox #24
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
36
Matthias Schaller
Dis 8 from Disportraits
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
37
Thomas Ruff
cassini 24
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
38
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #7, Monegros County, Aragón, Spain
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
39
Elger Esser
Puget Island II
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
40
Robert Frank
Allen Ginsberg with Peter and Julius Orlovsky
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
41
Peter Beard
Stress & Density
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
42
Peter Beard
Francis Bacon in his studio, 7 Reese Mews off the Old Brompton Road London (a painting later destroyed)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
43
Peter Beard
The Gardeners of Eden
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,000
44
Irving Penn
Cigarette 17
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
45
Irving Penn
Woman with three loaves, Morocco (B)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £20,000
46
Richard Avedon
Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £81,250
47
Robert Mapplethorpe
Skull
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
48
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flowers, 5
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
49
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flowers (Green Amarylis)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
50
Ansel Adams
Thunderclouds, Unicorn Peak, Yosemite National Park
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
51
Ansel Adams
Moonrise Hernandez, New Mexico
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
52
Pablo López Luz
Vista Aérea de la Ciudad de Mexico XXVII from Terrazo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,875
53
Marcelo Montecino
Managua
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
54
Paolo Gasparini
El hábitat de los hombres..., Caracas
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
55
Graciela Sacco
Adelante [Ahead] from Cuerpo a cuerpo [Body to Body]
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
56
Susana Torres
Catorce Inkas [Fourteen Inkas] from Museo Neo-Inka
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £15,000
57
Fernell Franco
Retratos de ciudad [City Portraits]
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
58
Fernell Franco
Prostitutas
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
59
Carlos Altamirano
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
60
Paz Errázuriz
El Circo [The Circus]
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £3,750
61
Graciela Iturbide
Magnolia, Juchitán, Oaxaca
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
62
Enrique Bostelmann
Untitled
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
63
Ever Astudillo
Cali
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
64
Sergio Trujillo
Untitled from Muros Colombianos
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
65
Facundo de Zuviría
Malbaloca from Siesta Argentina
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
66
Elliott Erwitt
Yokohama, Japan (2 dogs in goggles)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
67
Willy Ronis
Partie de pétanque, Aubagne
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
68
Willy Ronis
Lac du Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
69
Robert Doisneau
Le baiser blotto
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
70
Robert Doisneau
Le manège de Monsieur Barré
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,875
71
Thurston Hopkins
La Dolce Vita, Knightsbridge, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,750
72
Dennis Stock
Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
73
William Claxton
Chet Baker (at the piano), Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
74
Luigi Ghirri
Hergiswil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
75
Luigi Ghirri
Provincie di Piacenza, Parma, Reggio
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,000
76
Nino Migliori
Il Tuffatore
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £12,500
77
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
78
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C.
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
79
Chris Killip
Helen and Her Hula-hoop, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
80
Chris Killip
Rocker and Rosie Going Home, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
81
Daidō Moriyama
Yokosuka
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
82
Daidō Moriyama
Dog Town from Searching Journeys 3
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
83
Danny Lyon
Benny, Grand and Division, Chicago
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
84
Danny Lyon
Crossing the Ohio near Louisville
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
85
Ana Mendieta
Selected Images from Sandwomen, Miami
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,000
86
Natalia LL
Consumer Art
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
87
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #361
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £28,750
88
Robert Polidori
Cabinet Intérieur de Madame Adélaïde, Versailles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
89
Louise Lawler
Looks like… a Painting
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
90
Thomas Ruff
jpeg pp02
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £17,500
91
Thomas Struth
Museo del Prado 3, Madrid
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £60,000
92
Axel Hütte
Ariau, Brasilien
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
93
Elger Esser
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Frankreich
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
94
Taryn Simon
The Central Intelligence Agency Main Entrance Hall, CIA Original Headquarters Building, Langley, Virginia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
95
Wout Berger
Kas met varens [Greenhouse with ferns]
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
96
Thomas Struth
Pflanze No. 21, Dahlie, Winterthur
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
97
Thomas Struth
Gelbe Tulpe No. 69, Düsseldorf
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
98
Thomas Struth
Pflanze No. 22, Rote Gladaiolen, Winterthur
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
99
Steve McCurry
Running at Sunset, Ethiopia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
100
Sebastião Salgado
Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna during the Kuarup ceremony of the Waura Group, Upper Xingu Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,750
101
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Psygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
102
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
103
Melvin Sokolsky
Over New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £21,250
104
Ormond Gigli
Girl in Light, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
105
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
106
Bert Stern
Marilyn with Apricot Roses from The Last Sitting
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
107
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
108
William Klein
Simone + Painting + Coffee, Rome
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
109
Norman Parkinson
The Art of Travel
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £12,500
110
Bill Brandt
Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £3,750
111
Bill Brandt
After the Theatre, Taxi in Lower Regent Street
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,875
112
Bill Brandt
At Charlie Brown's, Limehouse
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,500
113
Bill Brandt
Train leaving Newcastle
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,250
114
Bill Brandt
Skye Mountains
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £5,125
115
Bill Brandt
Cuckmere River, Sussex
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £4,000
116
David Hockney
Peking 7-24
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £625
117
David Hockney
Canton 83-22
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £500
118
David Hockney
Canton 83-36
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £500
119
Don McCullin
Vietnam
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £1,750
120
Malick Sidibé
Les nouveaux circoncis
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £1,875

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