Frederick Sommer

Frog and Flower

1947-1948
Gelatin silver print, mounted.
19.3 x 24 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Signed and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠

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Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur

London Auction 16 May 2024

1
Micaiah Carter
Adeline in Barrettes
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
2
David Uzochukwu
Wildfire from In the Wake
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,160
3
Renell Medrano
Untitled from PAMPARA
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
4
Kennedi Carter
When Hands Touch from East Durham Love
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
5
Rala Choi
Her - 1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
6
JeeYoung Lee
Treasure Hunt from Stage of Mind
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
7
Maria Svarbova
Derivation II, Grössling City Bath
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
8
Sangbin IM
Times Square
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
9
Jung Lee
YOU from Aporia
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
10
Amanda Means
Light Bulb 14405
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
11
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
12
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
13
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Lake Michigan, Gills Rock
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
14
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Baltic Sea, Rügen
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
15
Hiroshi Sugimoto
UA Little Neck, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
16
Seiji Kurata
入墨の男 [Irezumi no otoko] Tattooed Man from Flash Up
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £69,850
17
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
18
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colorscapes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
19
Richard Mosse
I Walk the Line
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
20
Thomas Struth
City tracks (Omron) Tokyo, Shibuya-Ku
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
21
Idris Khan
Every… Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Side House
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
22
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Self portrait (March 10am)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
23
Prince Gyasi
Airborn
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £9,525
24
Prince Gyasi
Symbols of Womanhood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £10,160
25
Koh Sang Woo
Shangri-La
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
26
Lee Jeonglok
Tree of Life 6-2-3
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
27
Yoo Hyun Mi
Small Galaxy from Still Life
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,620
28
Danila Tkachenko
Restricted Areas #12
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,890
29
Harry Cory Wright
West Across the Minch, Peterburn, Wester Ross
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,065
30
Michael Wolf
Industrial #1 from Architecture of Density
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
31
Thomas Ruff
Nude Ry18
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
32
Slim Aarons
Swimming Pool on the Beach
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,985
33
Thomas Ruff
Selected Images from Intérieur
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,525
34
Albert Watson
Christy Turlington, New York City
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
35
Patrick Demarchelier
Nude, St. Barthelemy, West Indies
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
36
Ellen von Unwerth
Dog Walkers, Christy Turlington & Linda Evangelista, Cannes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
37
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, London
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
38
This lot is no longer available.
39
Irving Penn
Chanel Sequined Suit
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
40
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
41
Lillian Bassman
The Little Furs, Barbara Mullen, Russian broadtail jacket by Trigère and hat by Lilly Daché, Essex House, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
42
Lillian Bassman
More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, dress by Filcol, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
43
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat A, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
44
Melvin Sokolsky
After Delaux, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
45
Herb Ritts
Female Torso Detail, Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,080
46No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Consuelo, Paradise Cove
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £3,048
47
Gavin Bond
Iza (Goulart) from Backstage: Volume IV
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
48No Reserve
Gavin Bond
Backstage: Volume II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £6,985
49
Mike Figgis
Kate Moss Descending
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
50
Chris Smith
Ali and The Beatles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £24,130
51
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
52
Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
53
Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
54
Linda McCartney
My Love, London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
55
Terry O'Neill
Frank Sinatra on the Boardwalk, Miami
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
56
Diane Arbus
James Brown backstage at the Apollo theater, N.Y.C.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
57
Hunter S. Thompson
Self Portrait in White Whale, Las Vegas
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,890
58
Irving Penn
The Palm of Miles Davis, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
59
Irving Penn
Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £38,100
60
Irving Penn
Rock Groups, Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead, San Francisco
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
61
Irving Penn
Cuzco Woman with High Shoes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
62
William Klein
Gun 1, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
63
Robert Mapplethorpe
Waves
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £11,430
64No Reserve
Diane Arbus
Russian Midget Friends in a Living Room on 100th St, NYC
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £4,064
65
Sally Mann
The Bent Ear
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
66
Nan Goldin
Marina on My Bed, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,334
67
Ed Ruscha
Palm Trees
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
68
Joel Meyerowitz
Camel Coats, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,620
69
William Eggelston
Memphis, Tennessee
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,191
70
Max Yavno
The Leg, Hollywood
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £1,270
71
William Klein
Red Light, Rome
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,048
72
William Klein
Big Face in Crowd, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
73
William Klein
Atomic Bomb Sky, New York
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,826
74
Louis Stettner
Brooklyn Promenade
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,810
75No Reserve
Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga
Screen Tests
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £9,525
76No Reserve
Ansel Adams
Valley View from Wawona Tunnel, Yosemite National Park, California
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for £3,048
77No Reserve
Brett Weston
Dunes
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £8,255
78
Berenice Abbott
Girders, RCA Building
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,826
79
Frederick Sommer
Frog and Flower
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
80No Reserve
Frederick Sommer
Abstract
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,143
81
Tina Modotti
Untitled (Protest Rally)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
82
František Drtikol
Nude
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
83
Man Ray
Magnolia Blossom
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
84
Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
85
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
86
Robert Doisneau
Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
87
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
88
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Srinagar, Kashmir
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
89
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Madrid, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
90
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
91No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
On the Banks of the Marne
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £8,255
92
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brussels
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
93No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Seville
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,064
94No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,445
95No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Bougival, Yvelines
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £5,715
96No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Athens
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £6,096
97
Elliott Erwitt
California Kiss, Santa Monica
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,985
98
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £7,620
99
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,080
100
David Goldblatt
SL S BLANKES, EUROPEANS ONL, Bus Stop, Derby Road, Lorentzville, Johannesburg
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
101
David Goldblatt
Street traders and the colonnade of the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
102
Steve McCurry
Boy in Mid-Flight, Jodhpur, India
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,255
103
Nick Brandt
Elephant Drinking, Amboseli
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
104
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg between Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands in the Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £35,560
105
Nick Brandt
Ranger With Tusks of Killed Elephant
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
106
Nick Brandt
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
107
Nick Brandt
Elephant Mother with Baby at Leg, Amboseli
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
108
Nick Brandt
Giraffe Triptych, Maasai Mara
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
109
Hiroki Inoue
Fox Hug
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,080
110No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Maasai Woman and Child, Africa
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £6,985
111
Chris Smith
Float Like A Butterfly
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,080
112
René Burri
Ernesto Che Guevara, Havana Cuba
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
113
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe Arriving in Chicago
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,032
114
Bettina Rheims
Catherine Deneuve, Paris, May
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £5,334
115No Reserve
Jeanloup Sieff
Charlotte Rampling from Torses Nus
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,905
116No Reserve
Jeanloup Sieff
Alone Under a Car with Open Hood, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £6,985
117No Reserve
Jeanloup Sieff
Femme Nue Dans un Miroir
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,445
118No Reserve
Jeanloup Sieff
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,302
119
Norman Parkinson
Fashion Study in Doorway, British Vogue
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,778
120
John Swannell
Pretty Polly
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,032
121
Helmut Newton
Woman into Man, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £49,530
122
Helmut Newton
Woman Being Filmed, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
123
Helmut Newton
3pm in Bel Air, California
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
124
Helmut Newton
Rudi Gernreich Swim Suits, Miami
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
125
Helmut Newton
In Robert's Garden, Beverly Hills
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
126
Helmut Newton
Mannequins, Quai d'Orsay III, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £36,830
127
Helmut Newton
Catherine Deneuve at Home, Paris
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
128
Helmut Newton
Veruschka in Nice
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
129
Helmut Newton
Paloma Picasso, Saint-Tropez
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
130
Helmut Newton
Saddle II, Paris
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £73,660
131
Helmut Newton
Two Pairs of Legs in Silk Stockings, Ritz Hotel, Paris
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £55,880
132
Helmut Newton
Woman in Fur Coat Adjusting Stocking, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
133
Helmut Newton
Jenny Kapitan, Pension Dorian, Berlin
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
134
Helmut Newton
Sylvia in my Studio, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
135
Helmut Newton
Jenny Kapitan in My Apartment, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
136
Helmut Newton
Cindy Crawford Veiled, Monte Carlo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
137
Helmut Newton
Claudia Schiffer in Blood-Red Dress, Menton, France
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
138
Helmut Newton
Nastassja Kinski and Marlene Dietrich Doll, Los Angeles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
139
Helmut Newton
Portrait of Jodie Foster, Hollywood
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
140
Helmut Newton
David Bowie, Monte Carlo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
141
Helmut Newton
Sigourney Weaver, Los Angeles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
142
Helmut Newton
Leaving Las Vegas
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
143
Helmut Newton
Battleship, Monte Carlo
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £66,040
144
Helmut Newton
Monte Carlo
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £66,040
145
Helmut Newton
Rue Aubriot, IV Arrondissement, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
146
Helmut Newton
Piscine Deligny, Vogue France, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
147
Helmut Newton
Presidential Suite, Grand Hotel, Berlin
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
148
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude VI and Art Dealer, Los Angeles
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
149
Helmut Newton
Lisa Lyon at Home, Venice, California
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
150
Helmut Newton
Jane March in my Tent at the Beach Club, Monte Carlo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
151
Helmut Newton
Big Nude II, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
152
Helmut Newton
Untitled I, Bel Air, California
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
153
Helmut Newton
Celia, Miami
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,950
154
Helmut Newton
Night Nude II, Nice
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
155
Helmut Newton
Night Nude I, Monte-Carlo
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,985
156
Helmut Newton
Rosalyne Behind Fence, Arcangues, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
157
Helmut Newton
June Newton, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
158
Helmut Newton
Young Berlin Girl Smoking Cigarette
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
159
Helmut Newton
Arielle, Monte Carlo
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
160
Helmut Newton
Paloma Picasso, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
161
Helmut Newton
Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel and Mirrors, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,955
162
Helmut Newton
Portrait of Mick Jagger, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
163
Helmut Newton
In a Private Projection Room, Beverly Hills
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
164
Helmut Newton
Marc Bohan for Dior, Vogue, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
165
Helmut Newton
Marc Bohan for Dior, Vogue, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
166
Helmut Newton
Self Portrait with Reclining Woman, Valentino Place, Hollywood
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
167
Helmut Newton
Nastassja Kinski and James Tobak, Hollywood
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,255
168
Helmut Newton
David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini, Los Angeles
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
169
Helmut Newton
Isabelle Huppert at the Carlton, Cannes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
170
Helmut Newton
Romy Schneider at Home Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,985

Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur

London Auction 16 May 2024

Provenance

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Frederick Sommer

Frog and Flower

Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur