Provenance
Bonhams, New York, 10 November 2009, lot 2
Literature
B. Weston, Brett Weston: Voyage of the Eye, New York: Aperture, 1975, p. 65 (variant)
B. Weston, Master Photographer, California: Photography West Graphics, 1989, pl. 85
B. Weston, Brett Weston: Photographs from Five Decades, New York: Aperture, 1980, p. 93 (variant)

94

Brett Weston

Mendenhall Glacier

1973
Gelatin silver print, printed 1977, mounted.
27 x 31 cm (10 5/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
Signed and numbered 6/100 in pencil on the mount.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ‡

Sold for £3,750

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Photographs

London Auction 25 September 2020

1
Zanele Muholi
Zodwa, Paris from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
2
Jan Banning
Moroccan girl (Nissrine) reading an application form for an “inburgeringscursus” (citizenship course) at a closed window from National Identities
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £23,750
3
Ruud van Empel
World #1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
4
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (studio) II
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
5
Herb Ritts
Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
6
Steven Klein
Kate Moss Diptych
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
7
Bastiaan Woudt
Circle, Alkmaar
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £22,500
8
Yoo Hyun Mi
Earth No. 1 from Still Life
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
9
Eiji Ohashi
Roadside Lights #016
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £33,750
10
Amanda Means
Water Glass 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
11
須田一政 Issei Suda
神奈川三浦三崎 Miuramisaki, Kanagawa from 風姿花伝 Fūshi Kaden, 2 June
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
12
Ishiuchi Miyako
Apartment #45 東京蒲田 Kamata, Tokyo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
13
Ishiuchi Miyako
Apartment #7 横浜泥亀 Deiki, Yokohama
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
14
Hans Bellmer
La Poupée
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
15
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
16
Imogen Cunningham
Triangles
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
17
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,125
18
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
19
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alicante, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
20
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Roman Amphitheatre, Valencia, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
21
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Marseille, France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
22
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
23
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Madurai, India
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
24
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Construction of the Beijing University swimming pool by students
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
25
Robert Capa
Normandy
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
26
Philip Jones Griffiths
Since ancient times, the shield has presented a challenge…
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
27
Werner Bischof
Men and women at the fair, Pisac
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
28
Josef Koudelka
Gypsy Musicians at Festival
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
29
Josef Koudelka
The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
30
Fan Ho
Road Workers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
31
Robert Doisneau
Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, March
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
32
André Villers
Picasso with the revolver and hat gifted by Gary Cooper
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
33
André Kertész
Satiric Dancer, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,375
34
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,000
35
Irving Penn
Cretan Landscape
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
36No Reserve
Robert Mapplethorpe
Green Amaryllis from Flowers
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £10,000
37
Robert Mapplethorpe
Hyacinth
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
38
Robert Mapplethorpe
Hermes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,000
39
Irving Penn
Three Rissani Women with Bread
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
40
Richard Avedon
Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £77,500
41
Helmut Newton
Elsa Peretti as a Bunny, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
42
Richard Avedon
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
43
Herb Ritts
Cindy Crawford, Costa Careyes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £23,750
44
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
45
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
46
David Sims
Kate Moss for Vogue Paris, September
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
47
David Sims
Kate Moss for Vogue Paris, March
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £25,000
48
Peter Lindbergh
Milla Jovovich, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
49
Peter Lindbergh
Mathilde on Eiffel Tower, Rolling Stone
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
50
Mitch Epstein
BP Carson Refinery, California from American Power
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
51
Mitch Epstein
Hoover Dam Bypass Project, Nevada from American Power
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
52
Edward Burtynsky
Silver Lake Operations #2, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
53
Edward Burtynsky
Silver Lake Operations #12, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
54
Edward Burtynsky
Railcuts #1, C.N. Track, Skihist Provincial Park, British Columbia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
55
Axel Hütte
Las Vegas, New York, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
56
Axel Hütte
Los Angeles, Standard Hotel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
57
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
58
Diane Arbus
Tattooed female impersonator applying make-up in a mirror, N.Y.C.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
59
Diane Arbus
Blonde female impersonator framed in a mirror beneath a light bulb, N.Y.C.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
60
Sally Mann
Untitled #13 from Deep South
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,750
61
Sally Mann
The Three Graces
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
62
Anne Collier
Woman With A Camera (Polaroid)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
63
Ayana V. Jackson
Cimarron from The Becoming Subject
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
64
Mary Sibande
They don't make them like they used to
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,875
65
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Muralla from Te Dí Todos Mis Sueños
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
66
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
67
Peter Beard
World-record cow elephant tusk (found in marsabit Kenya) with Magritte Rammé – for “Tusk”
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £21,250
68
David Goldblatt
Woman going to the trading store holding money under her blanket, near Flagstaff, Transkei
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
69
David Goldblatt
Blanketed man at the trading store, Hobeni, Bomvanaland, Transkei
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
70
David Goldblatt
Teekloof in the Steenkampsberge, Northern Cape
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
71
Peter Beard
Boran Woman, Marsabit Hospital, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
72
Peter Beard
Maureen and a late-night feeder, 2:00 am, Hog Ranch
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
73
Peter Beard
Mick Jagger at Madison Square Garden (after Montauk Point), July
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
74
Peter Beard
756 elephants / Tsavo at the Mkomazi Border 1976 for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise / …Destroyed social units in misery-likes company formation; Suffering over population, stress, heart disease, constipation + MISMANAGEMENT / (35,000-40,000 would die in this wasteland)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
75
Richard Avedon
Brigitte Bardot, hair by Alexandre, Paris, January 27
Estimate £180,000 - 220,000
Sold for £212,500
76
Mario Testino
Exposed, Kate Moss, London
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £225,000
77
Terry O'Neill
Raquel Welch from 'One Million Years B.C.'
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
78
Terry O'Neill
Faye Dunaway, Beverly Hills
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
79
Mario Sorrenti
Kate Moss for Calvin Klein Obsession campaign
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
80
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Kate Moss for Vogue Paris, April
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
81
Terry O'Neill
Amy Winehouse, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
82
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
83
Terry O'Neill
Audrey Hepburn with Dove, St. Tropez
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
84
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot on the set of 'Shalako', Deauville
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
85
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe at the gaming tables in Reno Nevada during filming of 'The Misfits'
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
86
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe on the set of 'The Misfits', Nevada
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
87
Edward Weston
Tina on the Azotea from Desnudos
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
88
George Hoyningen-Huene
Georgia Graves, swimwear by Lelong, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £2,000
89
Herb Ritts
Female torso detail, Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
90
Eikoh Hosoe
Embrace #60
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,500
91
Judy Dater
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
92
Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #298 (SF/last day of Fall)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
93
Ansel Adams
Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
94
Brett Weston
Mendenhall Glacier
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
95
Louis Stettner
Girl Playing in Circles, Penn Station, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,375
96
Louis Stettner
Brooklyn Promenade
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,250
97
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Structure of Thought #5
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,625
98
Koh Sang Woo
Pierrot Lion
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
99
Ori Gersht
Untitled 12 from Blow Up
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
100
Wolfgang Tillmans
Freischwimmer #66
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
101
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Facade, Michigan Central Station, Detroit, USA from The Ruins of Detroit
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
102
Sohei Nishino
Diorama Map Istanbul
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
103
Chuck Close
Kate Moss
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
104
Martin Schoeller
Angelina with Blood
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
105
Wolfgang Tillmans
Liv Tyler
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
106
Anton Corbijn
Bono, Taxi Driver, Cabo San Luca from 33 Still Lives
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
107
Neil Leifer
Aerial of Muhammad Ali victorious after his round two knockdown of Cleveland Williams during the 1966 World Heavyweight Title fight at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, 14 November
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
108
Thomas Hoepker
Muhammad Ali (The Fist)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £10,625
109
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles from X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
110
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
111
Steven Klein
Madonna, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
112
Steven Klein
David Bowie, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £9,375
113
Steven Klein
Prince, New York City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,125
114
Steven Klein
Mick Jagger, New York City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £5,250
115
Steven Klein
Justin Bieber, Los Angeles
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
116
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt, Los Angeles from Fight Club
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
117
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £2,750
118
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt, Prague
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
119
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Palm Springs from Case Study #13
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
120
Steven Klein
Angelina Jolie, Palm Springs from Case Study #13
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
121
Steven Klein
Gwyneth Paltrow, Long Island
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
122
Steven Klein
Kate Moss, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
123
Steven Klein
Gisele Bündchen, West Palm Beach
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
124
Steven Klein
Claudia Schiffer, Montclair, New Jersey
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
125
Steven Klein
Natalia Vodianova, New York City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
126
Steven Klein
White Woman, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,500
127
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
128
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
129
Steven Klein
Nataša Vojnović, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
130
Steven Klein
Anna Ewers & Guinevere van Seenus, New York City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,000
131
Steven Klein
Helmut Newton Crash Site, Los Angeles
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £1,875
132
Steven Klein
Alexander McQueen, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
133
奈良原一高 Ikkō Narahara 
Shadow of car driving through desert, Arizona from Where Time Has Vanished
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
134
Daidō Moriyama
Untitled from Buenos Aires
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
135
Daidō Moriyama
How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
136
Nobuyoshi Araki
Photo-Maniac's Color Diary
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,250
137
Nobuyoshi Araki
Selected images from Kinkabu and Sensual Flowers
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £11,875
138
David LaChapelle
Seismic Shift
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,500
139
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Marilyn (Red)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
140
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tasman Sea, Marion Bay
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
141
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £37,500
142
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Time Exposed
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £30,000
143
Luigi Ghirri
Masone, Casa Benati
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
144
Luigi Ghirri
Amsterdam, MappaMondo from Still Life
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
145
Paolo Ventura
Bagno Autunnale #2 from Collage
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
146
Jeff Bark
Untitled (Dusk)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
147
Saul Leiter
Lingerie Shop
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
148
Robert Polidori
5417 Marigny Street, New Orleans
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
149
Abelardo Morell
The Metropolitan Opera: Romeo and Juliet Set
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £9,375
150
Nick Brandt
Elephant Five, Amboseli
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
151
Nick Brandt
Rhino on Lake, Lake Nakuru
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
152
Nick Brandt
Gorilla Baring Teeth, Parc des Volcans
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
153
Nick Brandt
Elephants and Egrets after storm, Amboseli
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £5,625
154
Nick Brandt
Lion with Monolith, Serengeti
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,000
155
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Zebra Mother and Baby, Ngorongoro
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
156
Nick Brandt
Elephants on Bleached Lake Bed, Amboseli
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
157
Sebastião Salgado
A Leopard in the Barab River Valley, Damaraland, Namibia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
158
Sebastião Salgado
Reflect in Water
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
159
Sebastião Salgado
Ethiopian Refugees
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
160
Sebastião Salgado
Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
161
Sebastião Salgado
Brasil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
162No Reserve
Brett Weston
Underwater Nude
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £6,000
163No Reserve
Lucien Clergue
Nu de l'été de la Garde Freinet
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,375
164No Reserve
Melvin Sokolsky
After Delvaux, Paris
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £3,750
165No Reserve
Inge Morath
Sleigh Horses, Moscow
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £375
166No Reserve
Inge Morath
St. Petersburg State Ballet
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,250
167No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £6,875
168No Reserve
Vee Speers
Untitled #21 from The Birthday Party
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,750
169No Reserve
Joakim Eskildsen
Krasnodar, Russland
Estimate £500 - 700 •‡♠
Sold for £313
170No Reserve
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £3,750
171No Reserve
Patrick Demarchelier
Janet Jackson, Miami
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £4,375
172No Reserve
Michael Eastman
Isabella's Two Chairs
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £4,375
173No Reserve
Bruce Davidson
Untitled, Subway, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £1,375

Photographs

London Auction 25 September 2020

Provenance

Literature

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Brett Weston

Mendenhall Glacier

Photographs