Provenance
Dante Diaz Korda, the photographer's son
Literature
T. Ziff, ed., Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon, V&A Publications, 2006, pp. 17, 40
C. Loviny, A. Silvestri-Levy, Cuba by Korda, Ocean Press, 2006, cover
C. Vives, M. Sanders, eds., Korda: A Revolutionary Lens, Steidl, 2008, cover, p. 48

54

Alberto Korda

Guerrillero Heroico (Che Guevara)

1960
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
29.5 x 24.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Signed, titled, dated in ink and blindstamp credit in the margin. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, signed in ink by Dante Diaz Korda, the photographer's son.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000

Sold for £3,750

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London Auction 6 November 2015 2pm

1
Helmut Newton
Robyn & Nina modelling Thierry Mugler Maillots, Acapulco
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
2
Peter Beard
Magritte Ramme in the basement of the Natural History Museum, London with the world record elephants tusks: 214 lbs and 226 1/4 lbs
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
3
Peter Beard
Carole Bouquet, NYC
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
4
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
5
Irving Penn
Fashion Photograph (Vogue Cover), New York, (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
6
Lillian Bassman
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
7
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
8
William Klein
Hat + 5 Roses, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,250
9
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
10
Helmut Newton
Cyberwoman 7
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
11
Jeanloup Sieff
Telephone, Paris
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,250
12
Sante D'Orazio
Christy Turlington with towel, Panoramic View Hotel, Montauk
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £11,250
13
Bruce Weber
Lisa Marie, Palm Beach, Fl.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £13,750
14
John Swannell
Marianne Lah Swannell
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ♠
15
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
16
Bert Stern
Marilyn Monroe from The Last Sitting (Contact Sheet)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £3,000
17
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,625
18
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,125
19
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Orchid)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
20
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from Shashin Shijou Shugi (Personal Sentimentalism in Photography)
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200 ‡
21
Bob Carlos Clarke
Nookia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
22
Tyler Shields
Bunny
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
23
David Bailey
Box of Pin-Ups
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
24
Terry O'Neill
Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
25
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe during "The Misfits"
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
26
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
27
Nick Knight
Kate
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠†
Sold for £50,000
28
Helmut Newton
Self Portrait with Wife and Models, Paris
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
29
Irving Penn
Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
30
Andy Warhol
Holly Solomon
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
31
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
32
Stephen Shore
Badlands National Monument, South Dakota, July 14
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
33
Joel Sternfeld
McLean, Virginia, December 4
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £31,250
34
William Eggleston
Untitled (Varner Grocery)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
35
William Eggleston
Memphis, Tennessee
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
36
Ed Ruscha
Gasoline Stations
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £106,900
37
Robert Mapplethorpe
Self Portrait
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £98,500
38
Murray Fredericks
Salt 400
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
39
Anderson & Low
Secret Room, Tangier Hotel from On the Set of James Bond's Spectre
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £9,375
40
Anderson & Low
Oberhauser's Control Room, Morocco from On the Set of James Bond's Spectre
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
41
Anderson & Low
Old MI6 Building from On the Set of James Bond's Spectre
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,625
42
Anderson & Low
Shooting Gallery, Old MI6 Building from On the Set of James Bond's Spectre
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
43
Anderson & Low
Palazzo, Rome from On the Set of James Bond's Spectre
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,000
44
Nadav Kander
Chongqing II, Chongqing Municipality from Yangtze, The Long River
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 †
Sold for £18,750
45
Simon Brann Thorpe
Lem Tailene from Toy Soldiers
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £3,750
46
Chen Chunlin
Mizhi, Northern Shaanxi Province, Hongyawa Village from Lessons Learned in One Day
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
47
Andrew Moore
The Rouge from Detroit Disassembled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £43,750
48
Adou
Leaves of Grass No. 151
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
49
Leonora Hamill
Painting l Krakow from Art in Progress
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
50
Kyung Soo Kim
Full Moon Story 03
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,000
51
Mona Kuhn
Mirage from Private
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £8,750
52
Michael Dweck
The Duke’s Mermaid (Sapphire) from Sculptural Form - Surfboard
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
53
Corinne Day
Kate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
54
Alberto Korda
Guerrillero Heroico (Che Guevara)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
55
Sid Avery
"Ocean's Eleven" Cast
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
56
Osvaldo Salas
Che Guevara
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £1,000
57
Danny Lyon
Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 †
Sold for £1,875
58
Elliott Erwitt
Wyoming
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
59
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Pro Fidel Castro demonstration, Manhattan, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £4,375
60
René Burri
In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £7,500
61
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £12,500
62
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
The Quarrel, Bal des Quatre-Saisons, Rue de Lappe
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
63
René Burri
Newspaper seller, Calle "Florida", Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £4,750
64
Bill Brandt
After The Theatre, Taxi in Lower Regent Street
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
65
André Kertész
Meudon
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
66
Robert Frank
Peru
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
67
Alexander Rodchenko
Steps
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000 ‡
68
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
69
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠†
70
George Hoyningen-Huene
Horst Torso, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
71
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Eiffel Tower in the Hotel Frantour
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £3,125
72
Abelardo Morell
$7 Million
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
73
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #18, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £17,500
74
Sebastião Salgado
Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
75
Sebastião Salgado
Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £5,625
76
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from Satchin
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £1,875
77
W. Eugene Smith
Two men reading newspapers, Hitachi, Japan
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
78
Daidō Moriyama
Stray Dog, Misawa
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £18,750
79
Daidō Moriyama
Kariudo (Hunter)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000
80
John Davies
Agecroft Power Station, Salford
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
81
Thomas Struth
Sophiengemeinde 1, Grosse Hamburger Strasse, Berlin
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
82
Candida Höfer
Teatro Comunale di Bologna I
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
83
Thomas Struth
Wegmündung bei Winterberg, Landschaft No. 29, Winterthur
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
84
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled (Mulholland)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
85
Harry Cory Wright
Pabbay 2219
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
86
Dan Holdsworth
Untitled 04 from The World In Itself
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £5,000
87
David LaChapelle
After the Deluge: Museum
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
88
Paul Hodgson
Poor Boy
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
89
Tim Flach
Penny working the bracken from Dog Gods
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
90
Richard Learoyd
Agnes A
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
91
Erwin Olaf
Margaret (Portrait) from Grief
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
92
Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulips
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £25,000
93
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
94
Richard Avedon
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
95
Irving Penn
Sculptor's Model, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
96
Erwin Blumenfeld
Draped Woman, Paris
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ♠
97
Francesca Woodman
Nuvola Mediocre
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
98
Francesca Woodman
Il guanto
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £14,375
99
Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman and Giuseppe Gallo, Postcard invitation for Immagini exhibition
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
100
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Estimate £7,500 - 8,500 ♠†
Sold for £16,250
101
This lot is no longer available.
102
Peter Beard
Selected Images
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
103
Peter Beard
Buffalos and Eles, Abedares
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
104
Peter Beard
Peter Beard, Alia Bay, Lake Rudolf
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
105
Nick Brandt
Lions Head to Head, Maasai Mara
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
106
Peter Beard
Peter Beard, Collector's Edition, Fayel Tall
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,625
107
Peter Beard
Machine in the garden, Tsavo, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,625
108
Peter Beard
Boran Woman, Marsabit Hospital, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
109
Irving Penn
Pila Pila Sisters, Dahomey
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
110
Ruud van Empel
World #30
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
111
Loretta Lux
The Book
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
112
Vik Muniz
Milk Drop, after Dr Harold Edgerton from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
113
Vik Muniz
Bust of a Woman, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
114
David LaChapelle
Archangel Michael: And No Message Could have Been Any Clearer, Hawaii
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
115
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Liz in Purple
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000
Sold for £43,750
116
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Los Angeles
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,625
117
Nan Goldin
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring at Palladium, N.Y.
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,000
118
Nan Goldin
Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! in the bathroom, NYC
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,250
119
Nan Goldin
Joey in front of my mirror, Berlin
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750

Photographs

London Auction 6 November 2015 2pm

Provenance

Literature

54

Alberto Korda

Guerrillero Heroico (Che Guevara)

Photographs