Elger Esser

Montlouis I, Frankreich

2006
Chromogenic print, Diasec mounted.
Overall 138.5 x 183.5 cm (54 1/2 x 72 1/4 in)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 3/7 on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ♠

Sold for £12,500

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Sale
lproud@phillips.com
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London 7 November 2013 4pm

1
Helmut Newton
Sylvia in my studio, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
2
Michel Comte
Cindy Crawford (Italian Vogue), London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
3
Michel Comte
Helena Christensen in Haute Couture by Valentino, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,375
4
Michel Comte
Iman
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
5
Mario Testino
Robbie Williams, London, British Vogue
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
6
Herb Ritts
Waterfall II, Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
7
Robert Mapplethorpe
Torso
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
8
Herb Ritts
Duo I, Mexico
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
9
Bruce Weber
John and Andy, Avon Farms, Massachusetts
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200
Sold for £2,250
10
Herb Ritts
Fred, back view with chain, Hollywood from The Body Shop
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
11
George Hoyningen-Huene
Male nude (Backside)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
12
Michel Comte
Jeremy Irons with horse (Interview) London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
13
Will McBride
Selected Images
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
14
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
15
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
16
Erwin Blumenfeld
Color
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
17
Ormond Gigli
Girl in Light, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
18
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
19
Marilyn Minter
Shit Kicker
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
20
Marilyn Minter
Bridle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
21
Larry Sultan
Backyard, West Valley Studio
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
22
Bob Carlos Clarke
Duty Kills
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
23
Bob Carlos Clarke
Unexploded Female
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
24
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
25
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
26
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
27
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
28
Horst P. Horst
Estrella Boissevain, Fashion Shot, New York
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
29
Horst P. Horst
Barefoot Beauty, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
30
Hans Bellmer
Untitled from Les Jeux de la Poupée
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
31
Irving Penn
Nude
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
32
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
33
Bill Brandt
London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
34
Horst P. Horst
Lisa with Harp, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
35
Lillian Bassman
The Cost of Living, Barbara Mullen, dress by Omar Kiam, for Ben Reig, New York
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,500
36
Richard Avedon
Marella Agnelli, New York Studio, December
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
37
Irving Penn
Balenciaga 'Little Great' Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
38
Irving Penn
Girl behind glass (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
39
Helmut Newton
Greta Scacchi
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
40
David LaChapelle
Devon Aoki: Fish Stick
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
41
David LaChapelle
Death by Hamburger
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
42
David LaChapelle
Inflatables: Coke Can, L.A.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
43
David LaChapelle
Amanda Lepore: Addicted To Diamonds, New York
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £43,750
44
Helmut Newton
Blonde and T.V., Hotel Gallia, Milan
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
45
Helmut Newton
Henrietta in my backyard, Ramatuelle
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 ‡
46
Miles Aldridge
Colour Pictures
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
47
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £9,375
48
John Swannell
Debbie Moore and Lindy Christensen
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,500
49
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,500
50
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,500
51
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,750
52
John Swannell
Nona Summers
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,750
53
John Swannell
Reclining Nude
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,500
54
John Swannell
Robert Mapplethorpe
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
55
John Swannell
Helmut Newton and Marie Helvin
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £1,250
56
John Swannell
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,000
57
Curtis Moffat and Olivia Wyndham
Cecil Beaton
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,250
58
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Couple at the Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
59
Jaromír Funke
Otakar and Jana Storch, Prague
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
60
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Stock Exchange, London
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
61
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Queen Charlotte’s Ball, London
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
62
Michel Comte
Iggy Pop, (L’Uomo Vogue), New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
63
Brian Duffy
David Bowie
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
64
Mark Seliger
President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
65
Terry O'Neill
Frank Sinatra on the Boardwalk
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
66
William Eggleston
White Ceiling Fan, Washington, D.C. (In the Home of William Christenberry)
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
67
William Eggleston
Untitled, Mississippi, (Torch Cafe Billboard)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
68
William Eggleston
Black Bayou Plantation near Glendora, Mississippi
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
69
William Eggleston
Cadillac
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
70
William Christenberry
Selected Images
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £14,375
71
William Eggleston
Untitled (Red Doorway)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
72
Aaron Siskind
Selected Images
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
73
Robert Frank
Newburgh, New York
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
74
Gilbert & George
Tag Black
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
75
Candida Höfer
Bibliothèque Administrative de la Ville de Paris I
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
76
Thomas Ruff
LMV 09 h.t.b. 03
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ♠†
77
Thomas Ruff
jpeg ca04
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
78
Elger Esser
Montlouis I, Frankreich
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
79
Elliott Erwitt
Wyoming
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £5,625
80
Sally Mann
Gorjus
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
81
Sally Mann
Luncheon in the grasses
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
82
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Epirus, Greece
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,250
83
Josef Koudelka
France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
84
Susan Meiselas
Young Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont from Carnival Strippers
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
85
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £2,375
86
Bill Brandt
Evening in Kew Gardens
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
87
Elliott Erwitt
New York
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
88
René Burri
Wilted Lotus Blossoms, former Summer Palace, Kunming Lake, Beijing, China
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
89
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
90
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate £19,000 - 22,000 ♠†
Sold for £32,500
91
Sebastião Salgado
Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Estimate £13,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £16,250
92
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alicante, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
93
W. Eugene Smith
Guardia Civil, Spain
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,875
94
Josef Sudek
Memories by plane
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
95
Josef Sudek
Pear on a plate
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
96
Josef Sudek
Water glass
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
97
Josef Sudek
Eight panoramic landscapes of Prague
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
98
Robert Doisneau
Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, March
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
99
Ilse Bing
Vendor at the Eiffel Tower
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
100
Germaine Krull
Selected Images
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
101
Edward Steichen
Richard Strauss, New York
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £92,500
102
August Sander
Selbstbildnis (Self portrait), Cologne
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
103
Karl Blossfeldt
Hamamelis japonica
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
104
Frederick Sommer
Coyotes
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
105
Tina Modotti
A proud little agrarista (Mexican peasant boy)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
106
Hendrik Kerstens
Black Cap
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
107
Vik Muniz
Olga, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
108
Erwin Olaf
Barbara from Grief
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
109
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Self Portrait Suspended I
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
110
Vik Muniz
The Dream, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
111
Robert Polidori
Galerie de Pierre, Château de Versailles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
112
David LaChapelle
Statue, Los Angeles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
113
Nobuyoshi Araki
42 Polaroids
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
114
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
115
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
116
Nobuyoshi Araki
67 Shooting Back
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
117
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
118
Liu Wei
Landscape
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
119
Massimo Vitali
Marina di Massa (#2227)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
120
Michael Wolf
Night #3 from Architecture of Density
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
121
Zhan Wang
Urban Landscape - London
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
122
Vitaliy and Elena Vasilieva
Untitled from Apokolipsis in Art
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
123
Edward Burtynsky
Nickel Tailings #39, Sudbury, Ontario
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,250
124
Edward Burtynsky
Feng Jie #3 and #4, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
125
Irving Penn
Woman with three loaves, Morocco (B)
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000
126
Lalla Essaydi
Les Femmes du Maroc: Harem Women Writing
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
127
Simon Norfolk
Kabul 'Pizza Express' Restaurant Behind The Municipal Bus Depot
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
128
Peter Beard
Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Chobe, Uganda
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £31,250
129
Britta Jaschinski
Lone Lion, Tanzania, Africa
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
130
Peter Beard
Maureen Gallagher and a Late Night Feeder, Hog Ranch
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
131
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm I
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,625
132
Nick Brandt
Cheetah and Cubs, Maasai Mara
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
133
Malick Sidibé
Les Trois Bergers Peulhs
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
134
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Noël (Happy-Club)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
135
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria from ‘Gadawan Kura’ – The Hyena Men
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
136
Ruud van Empel
Venus #1
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
137
Ruud van Empel
Untitled #1
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
138
Loretta Lux
Girl with a Teddy Bear
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,000
139
Loretta Lux
The Boy
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
140
Loretta Lux
The Paper Airplane
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £5,250
141
Oskar Nerlinger
Aschbecher (Ashtray)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
142
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
Christmas Tree Ornament
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
143
Christopher Bucklow
Untitled, 31st July
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
144
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠

Photographs

London 7 November 2013 4pm

Provenance

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Elger Esser

Montlouis I, Frankreich

Photographs