Alex Guofeng Cao

Warhol vs. Mao

2010
Chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Signed, dated, numbered 17/18 in ink, printed title and date on a on a Certificate of Authenticity label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000

Contact Specialist
Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head, Photographs

Sarah Krueger
Head of Sale, New York

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Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

54
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
55
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000
56
Elliott Erwitt
Yokohama, Japan
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,750
57
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Chrysler Building in hotel room
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
58
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura image of the Tower Bridge in the Tower Hotel Room
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
59
Ruth Orkin
Dark Clouds over 5th Ave., N.Y.C.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
60
Robert Polidori
View of Central Park from the East
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
61
Richard Avedon
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
62
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,000
63
Ellen von Unwerth
Mask, Paris (Nadja Auermann)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
64
Robert Heinecken
Vary Cliché/ Autoeroticism
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
65
Helmut Newton
Saddle II, Paris
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
66
This lot is no longer available.
67
Herb Ritts
Waterfall IV, Hollywood
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,250
68
Richard Avedon
Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, the Bahamas, October
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
69
Richard Avedon
The Beatles, London, August 11
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
70
Nan Goldin
Nan and Brian in bed in Kimono, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
71
Nan Goldin
Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreaux
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
72
Larry Clark
Tulsa
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
73
Nobuyoshi Araki
Love by Leica
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,000
74
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude III, In the Laundry Room of the Château Marmont, Hollywood
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
75
David Hockney
The Ashtray, Sunday Morning, Tokyo Feb.
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
76
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sea of Japan, Oki IV
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
77
Nobuyoshi Araki
From Close to Range
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
78
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hall of Thirty Three Bays
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
79
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mechanical Form 0039
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
80
Thomas Struth
Paradise 14 (Yakushima, Japan)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
81
Peter Beard
Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, nr. block 33 & Ithumber Hill, Feb.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
82
Nick Brandt
Lion Roar, Maasai Mara from Across the Ravaged Land
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
83
Peter Beard
Large Bull Elephant c. 110 lbs. per side on the Tiva lugga near Kathemula in February
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
84
Peter Beard
Spitting Cobra (Tsavo)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
85
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
86
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
87
Elger Esser
Doubt, Frankreich
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $137,000
88
Helmut Newton
Hinterhof Akt, Paris
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
89
Abelardo Morell
Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
90
Elger Esser
Cap d'Antifer, Frankreich
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
91
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate $35,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
92
Sebastião Salgado
Sahara, South of Djanet, Algeria
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
93
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
94
Richard Avedon
Bubba Morrison, oil field worker, Albany, Texas, June 10
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $118,750
95
Victoria Sambunaris
Untitled, Haleakala Crater, Hawaii
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
96
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
97
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate $35,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
98
Loretta Lux
Troll 2
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
99
Elger Esser
Ameland-Pier X, Niederlande
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
100
Ruud van Empel
Sophisticated #2
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
101
James Casebere
Turning Hallway
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
102
Abelardo Morell
Book and Camera: In Memory of Fox Talbot
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
103
Ahmet Ertuğ
The National Library, Prague
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
104
Candida Höfer
Ca'Rezzonico Venezia I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
105
Vik Muniz
Dora Maar Seated, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
106
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $45,000
107
David LaChapelle
Diesel Jeans, Victory Day 1945, San Francisco
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,250
108
Adam Fuss
Untitled from My Ghost
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,000
109
Michael Wolf
Architecture of Density, Night #16
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
110
Doug Aitken
the mirror #11 (Rise)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
111
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Chemical Plant, Wesseling near Cologne, Germany
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
112
Thomas Struth
Feldweg mit Scheune bei Welsikon, Landschaft No. 28, Winterthur
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
113
Andreas Gefeller
Untitled, (Leaves), Düsseldorf
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
114
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #22
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,500
115
Andrew Moore
Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
116
David Maisel
Library of Dust 1470
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
117
Linda McCartney
Linda's Pictures: Images by Linda McCartney
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
118
Flip Schulke
Muhammad Ali boxing underwater
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
119
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
120
Herb Ritts
Prince, Minneapolis
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
121
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
122
Massimo Vitali
Amadores 3
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
123
Mario Testino
Gisele, American Vogue, Malibu
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
124
David LaChapelle
Cathedral, Los Angeles
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
125
David LaChapelle
Dear Doctor, I've Read Your Play, Los Angeles
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
126
Alex Guofeng Cao
Marilyn vs. Mona Lisa
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
127
David LaChapelle
Drew Barrymore: Young Actress
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
128
Alex Guofeng Cao
Warhol vs. Mao
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
129
Various Photographers
Legacy Collection: Gold Edition
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
130
Sante D'Orazio
Gisele Bündchen on Couch, New York City
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
131
Ormond Gigli
Lips, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
132
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $13,750
133
Irving Penn
Schiaparelli Coat (Bettina) (A), Paris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
134
Vik Muniz
Dior from Pictures of Wire
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
135
David Hockney
David and Ann on the Subway, N.Y., Nov. 28
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,000
136
Robert Frank
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building - New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
137
Lewis Wickes Hine
Skyscraper Construction, Empire State Building, New York City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
138
Walker Evans
Parked Car, Small Town, Main Street, Ossining, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
139
Lewis Wickes Hine
Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years? Location: Cherryville, North Carolina, November
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
140
Lee Miller
Carousel Cows
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
141
Berenice Abbott
New York Portfolio III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
142
Lewis Wickes Hine
Newsies at Brooklyn Bridge Starting Out at 1 a.m. in a Blizzard on a Sunday
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
143
Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Young Girl, Barefoot, Holding Package of Candy Cigarettes
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
144
Alfred Eisenstaedt
An American Block, Hamilton, Ohio
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
145
Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Street Scene From Above Showing Car And Turn Only Sign
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
146
Edward Weston
Nude, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
147
Brett Weston
Street Corner, New York
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
148
Berenice Abbott
New York Portfolio IV
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
149
Lewis Wickes Hine
Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
150
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Seville, Spain
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
151
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Madrid
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
152
Imogen Cunningham
Banana Plant
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
153
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,250
154
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
155
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 2: Portraits
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
156
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
157
Irving Penn
Dusek Brothers, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
158
Irving Penn
Cuzco Children, Peru, December
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
159
Pablo Picasso
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
160
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyde Park in the Grey Drizzle, London
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
161
André Kertész
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
162
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
163
Daidō Moriyama
Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
164
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
165
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brie, France
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
166
André Kertész
Still Life with Mirror, Pens and Key
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
167
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #167)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
168
Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Chicago
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
169
Horst P. Horst
Triangles
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
170
Edward Weston
Charis, Santa Monica
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
171
Pierre Dubreuil
A complete set of the artist's known stereographs
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
172
Pierre Dubreuil
A complete set of the artist's known diapositives
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
173
Pierre Dubreuil
The Play of Life (Self-portrait)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
174
Pierre Dubreuil
Defensively
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
175
Pierre Dubreuil
Translucidités
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
176
Pierre Dubreuil
Mickey's Joy
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
177
Eugene Hutchinson
Top Hats (for Sears Roebuck)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
178
Tony Vaccaro
Hubert de Givenchy, Paris
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
179
Pierre Dubreuil
T.S.F.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
180
Marvin E. Newman
Chicago (Boy blowing bubble)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $12,500
181
Dr. Paul Fries
Kamera
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
182
Bruce Metcalfe
Tiddlywinks
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
183
Lillian Bassman
Margie Cato [test shoot] New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
184
Cornell Capa
Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $11,250
185
Willy Ronis
Deena de dos
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
186
Horst P. Horst
Black Corset
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
187
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
188
Lillian Bassman
More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, dress by Filcol, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
189
Dennis Stock
Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
190
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat C, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
191
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
192
Vik Muniz
Rochas from Pictures of Wire
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
193
Lillian Bassman
Harper's Bazaar, Barbara Mullen
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
194
Horst P. Horst
Courrèges bathing suit, Paris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
195
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, CA, Pierre Koenig Architect
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
196
Ansel Adams
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, California
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
197
Brett Weston
Rooftops, San Francisco
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
198
Ansel Adams
Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, California
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
199
Ansel Adams
Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
200
Ruth Bernhard
Perspective II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
201
Brett Weston
Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
202
Brett Weston
Dune, Oceano
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
203
Ruth Bernhard
Classic Torso with Hands
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
204
Ruth Bernhard
Knees and Arm
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,125
205
Robert Frank
Savannah, Georgia
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
206
O. Winston Link
NW1635, Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, Virginia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
207
Garry Winogrand
Central Park Zoo, New York
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
208
Lee Friedlander
Mobile, Alabama
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
209
Robert Frank
Trolley, New Orleans
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $149,000
210
William Eggleston
Untitled from Louisiana Project
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
211
Gabriel Orozco
Octopus (Pulpo)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
212
William Eggleston
Untitled (St. Simon's Island, Georgia)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
213
William Eggleston
Pictures from Eve's Bayou
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
214
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ike Cole, 38 years old, Los Angeles, California, $25 (Mayfair Market)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,250
215
Garry Winogrand
Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
216
Diane Arbus
Man at a parade on Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
217
Diane Arbus
A woman in a bird mask, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
218
Diane Arbus
A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
219
Joel Sternfeld
Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California, May
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
220
William Eggleston
Como, Mississippi (Black women in church)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
221
William Eggleston
Untitled (Signs on Tree, Storm)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,250
222
William Eggleston
Untitled (Family on porch)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
223
Ernst Haas
Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,750
224
Garry Winogrand
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
225
Robert Adams
Construction materials; a new tract. Denver, Colorado
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
226
Robert Adams
Real estate sign. Dusk, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
227
Garry Winogrand
Women are better than men. Not only have they survived, they do prevail.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
228
Stephen Shore
Holden Street, North Adams, Massachusetts, July 13, 1974
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
229
William Claxton
John Coltrane at the Guggenheim, New York City
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,250
230
William Claxton
Miles Davis with Cigarette, Los Angeles
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,875
231
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,500
232
Dennis Hopper
Ed Ruscha
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
233
Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O’Keeffe
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
234
Lee Friedlander
Galax, Virginia
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
235
Richard Avedon
Robert Frank, photographer, Mabou Mines, Nova Scotia, July 17
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
236
Lee Friedlander
New Orleans, Louisiana
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
237
Garry Winogrand
Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,250
238
Josef Koudelka
Spain
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
239
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from Il mare dei miei racconti
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
240
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy, Florence
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
241
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from lo non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
242
Robert Polidori
La Meridienne, Marie-Antoinette's Bed, Versailles
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
243
Stephen Shore
The Giverny Portfolio
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
244
Tina Barney
Marina's Room
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
245
Sally Mann
Hayhook
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
246
Sally Mann
At the Preacher's House
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
247
Sally Mann
Comforting Virginia
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
248
Sally Mann
Punctus
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875

Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

Provenance

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Alex Guofeng Cao

Warhol vs. Mao

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