Alec Soth

The Blue Room, New Orleans

2018
Archival pigment print, mounted.
75 x 60.5 cm (29 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 4/9 on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000

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Photographs

London Auction 22 November 2022

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
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
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
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 ♠
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
37
Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
38
This lot is no longer available.
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 ♠
44
This lot is no longer available.
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 ‡
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 ‡♠
62
Sohei Nishino
Diorama Map Rio de Janeiro
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £40,320
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 ‡
67
Helmut Newton
Sie Kommen, Naked, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
68
This lot is no longer available.
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
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 ‡
105No Reserve
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
106No Reserve
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

Photographs

London Auction 22 November 2022

Provenance

Literature

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Alec Soth

The Blue Room, New Orleans

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