Hector Acebes

Unidentified Woman, Benin

1953
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
56.8 x 46.7 cm (22 3/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
Signed by the artist and numbered AP1 in an unidentified hand, all in pencil on the verso. One from an edition of 10 plus 3 artist’s proofs.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000

Contact Specialist
Genevieve Janvrin
Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7318 4092

Photographs

London Auction 19 May 2016

1
Ellen von Unwerth
Parasol
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £50,000
2
Steven Meisel
Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington, New York City
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
3
Nick Knight
Black Pearl
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
4
Walter Pfeiffer
Untitled (Eva Herzigova)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
5
Mario Testino
Gisele I, Vogue Paris
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
6
Peter Lindbergh
Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, New York
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £68,750
7
Steven Klein
Woman in Kitchen
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
8
Alasdair McLellan
Lara Stone
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
9
Glen Luchford
Cara Delevingne, Ardingly, UK
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
10
Mert & Marcus
Changes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,750
11
Mario Sorrenti
Daria, NY
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
12
Sølve Sundsbø
Close
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £20,000
13
Helmut Newton
Shoe, Monte Carlo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
14
Ruth Bernhard
In the Box - horizontal
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
15
Robert Mapplethorpe
Thomas
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
16
Irving Penn
Bedside Lamp, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £55,000
17
Imre Kinszki
Field Maple [Acer Campestres]
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
18
Imre Kinszki
Spittle; Gnat's Wing
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
19
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
20
Charles Jones
Up-To-Date Potatoes
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
21
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
22
Frederick Sommer
The Anatomy of a Chicken
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
23
Irving Penn
Black Rhino, Prague
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
24No Reserve
Various Artists
Selected Eastern European Images
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for £6,000
25
Richard Mosse
The Crystal World
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
26
Richard Mosse
Endless Plain of Fortune
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
27
Susan Derges
Full Moon - Spawn
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
28
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of Umbrian Landscape over Bed
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000
29
Abelardo Morell
Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
30
Daidō Moriyama
How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £9,375
31
Abelardo Morell
Detail of Book Damaged by Water
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,000
32
Nobuyoshi Araki
From Close to Range
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
33
Hiroshi Sugimoto
RKO, Kenmore, New Jersey
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £16,875
34
Harry Cory Wright
Firle Beacon from Mount Caburn
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
35
Martin Parr
New Brighton, Merseyside from The Last Resort
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
36
Evelyn Hofer
Selected Images
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
37
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (Woman and phone) from The Kitchen Table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
38
Mona Kuhn
Refractions
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
39
Kyung Soo Kim
Full Moon Story 02
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
40
Jun Ahn
Self-Portrait (Seoul)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
41
Tyler Shields
Balloon from Suspense
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
42
Maurizio Anzeri
Eric
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
43
Ruud van Empel
World #27
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
44
Vik Muniz
Mona Lisa, after Leonardo da Vinci from Gordian Puzzles
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
45
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors IV
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
46
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Standing bound nude) from A Nikki/A Diary
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
47
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Flowers) from A Nikki/A Diary
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
48
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Standing nude) from A Nikki/A Diary
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,250
49
Eikoh Hosoe
Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #18
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
50
Shoji Ueda
Kogitsune Tanjō [Appearance of a Fox Cub]
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,375
51
Nobuyoshi Araki
Selected Images from A Nikki/A Diary
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
52
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #10a & #10b, Cankun Factory, Xiamen City, China
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 †
Sold for £18,750
53
Toshio Shibata
Okawa Village, Tosa County, Kochi Prefecture
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
54
Candida Höfer
Milchhof Nürnberg I
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
55
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Kühltürme (Cooling Towers)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
56
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
57
Thomas Ruff
Sterne 02h 56m/-65°
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
58
Peter Beard
Maureen and a late-night feeder, 2.00 am, Hog Ranch, 1987
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £149,000
59
Robert Mapplethorpe
Self Portrait
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
60
Robert Mapplethorpe
Calla Lily
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £77,500
61
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Facade, Michigan Central Station, Detroit, USA from The Ruins of Detroit
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £11,875
62
Todd Hido
Untitled, #6097 from A Road Divided
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
63
Maripol
My 80s, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
64
Masahisa Fukase
襟裳岬 [Erimo Misaki] Cape Erimo from 鴉 [Karasu] Ravens
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £93,750
65
Daidō Moriyama
Smash-up from アクシデント [Akushidento] Accident
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £20,000
66
Yusuke Yamatani
Tsugi no yoru e #1 [On to the Next Night]
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
67
Naoki Honjo
Tokyo Japan from Small Planet
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
68
Kazuyoshi Usui
Bōzu [Thugs] from Showa88
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
69
Yoshinori Mizutani
Colors 044
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
70
Sally Mann
Arundo Donax
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
71
Sally Mann
Sunday Funnies
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
72
Saul Leiter
Lanesville (Variant)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £11,875
73
Saul Leiter
Sunday Morning
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
74
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,188
75
Joseph Szabo
Rolling Stone Beauty
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
76
Joseph Szabo
Priscilla
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,500
77
Lewis Baltz
Orange County from The Prototype Works
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £32,500
78
Saul Leiter
Snow
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £9,375
79
Elliott Erwitt
Las Vegas, Nevada
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
80
Elliott Erwitt
Wyoming
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
81
Bruce Davidson
East 100th Street, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
82
Diane Arbus
Woman with a locket in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
83
Diane Arbus
Three transvestites in evening dress at a lounge, N.Y.C.
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £42,500
84
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
The Critic
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
85
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
Simply Add Boiling Water
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £4,750
86
Anonymous
Collection of Criminal Mugshots
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
87
Larry Sultan
Sharon Wild from The Valley
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £10,625
88
Larry Sultan
Woman in Garden, Mission Hills from The Valley
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
89
Larry Sultan
Woman in Curlers from The Valley
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £12,500
90
Walead Beshty
3 Sided Picture (CMB), November 21st, 2007, Los Angeles
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
91
Irving Penn
Frozen Foods, New York
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
92
Irving Penn
Collage of Warning Signs, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
93
Irving Penn
Camel Pack
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
94
Irving Penn
Summer Sleep, New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
95
Robert Mapplethorpe
Andy Warhol
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
96
Anonymous
Salvador Dalí
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £4,000
97
René Burri
Portrait of Picasso as an owl, Villa La Californie, Cannes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 †
Sold for £4,000
98
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
99
Robert Capa
Henri Matisse, Vence
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠†
Sold for £3,750
100
Dora Maar
Pablo Picasso
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £15,000
101
Cecil Beaton
Francis Bacon in his studio
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
Sold for £31,250
102
Bruce Bernard
Francis Bacon in his studio, Reece Mews
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £3,750
103
Bruce Bernard
Lucian Freud with a portrait of Leigh Bowery
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
104
Ahmet Ertuğ
Bibiena Theatre, Mantova
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
105
Irving Penn
Ranunculus/ Ranunculus asiaticus: Picotee, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £42,500
106
Nobuyoshi Araki
Selected Images from Shijyo, Tokyo - Marketplace of Emotions and Kakyoku
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
107
Robert Mapplethorpe
Calla Lily
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
108
Irving Penn
Orchids: Brassavola Nodosa, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
109
Irving Penn
Nude Christy Turlington (C), New York
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £56,250
110
Peter Lindbergh
Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, New York
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
111
Michel Comte
Helena Christensen V
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
112
Michel Comte
Helena Christensen III, (Safe Sex Campaign)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
113
Nobuyoshi Araki
Kaori
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
114
Ellen von Unwerth
Untitled from Omahyra and Boyd
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠†
Sold for £2,500
115
Sante D'Orazio
Kate Moss, Glenn Cove, N.Y.
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
116
Ellen von Unwerth
Untitled from Omahyra and Boyd
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠†
Sold for £1,750
117
Herb Ritts
Splash, Hollywood
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,000
118
John Swannell
Fine Lines
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
119
Ruth Bernhard
In the Box - vertical
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
120
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
121
Helmut Newton
Untitled (Seated Nude)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £7,500
122
Helmut Newton
Untitled (Nude on Bed)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
123
Helmut Newton
Yves Saint Laurent boots, Vogue Italia, Capri
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
124
Fernand Fonssagrives
Sand Fence
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
125
George Hoyningen-Huene
Divers, Horst with Model, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
126
Herb Ritts
Versace, Veiled Dress, El Mirage
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
127
Lillian Bassman
The Little Furs, Barbara Mullen, Russian Broadtail Jacket by Trigère and hat by Lilly Daché, Essex House, New York
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £11,000
128
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
129
Guy Bourdin
Fashion Study, French Vogue, August, 1975; Fashion Study, French Vogue, March
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
130
Helmut Newton
Winnie at the Negresco, Nice
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
131
Lillian Bassman
Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £5,000
132
Lillian Bassman
Margie Cato (Test Shoot), New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
Sold for £2,500
133
Irving Penn
Black and White Fashion (with handbag) (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £40,000
134
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
135
Richard Avedon
Elise Daniels with street performers, Suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris, August
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
136
Richard Avedon
Penelope Tree, Mask by Ungaro, Paris studio, January
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
137
Helmut Newton
Portrait of Charlotte Rampling, Arles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
138
Lillian Bassman
Jean Shrimpton
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
139
David Bailey
John Lennon and Paul McCartney, January
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
140
André Kertész
Chez Mondrian
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
141
Bill Brandt
Nude, East Sussex Coast
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
142
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
143
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
144
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Srinagar, Kashmir
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
145
René Burri
Ernesto Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £13,750
146
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £10,625
147
Simen Johan
Untitled #159 (Caribous) from Until the Kingdom Comes
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
148
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antartica) on an iceberg located between Zavodovski and Visokoi Islands, South Sandwich Islands
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,250
149
Sebastião Salgado
Dinka Cattle Camp of Amak, Southern Sudan
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
150
Nick Brandt
Elephant Five, Amboseli
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £28,750
151
Nick Brandt
Lioness against dark foliage, Serengeti
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
152
Hector Acebes
Unidentified Woman, Benin
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
153
Peter Beard
Agnes of El Molo Bay, Loingalani, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
154
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
155
Steve McCurry
Boy in mid-flight, Jodhpur, India
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,250
156
Peter Beard
Fayel Tall at Loingalani, Lake Rudolf, Kenya, February
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
157
Peter Beard
I'll Write Whenever I Can, Koobi Fora, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £68,750
158
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Estimate £7,500 - 8,500 ♠†
Sold for £10,625
159
Nick Brandt
Giraffes in Evening Light, Maasai Mara
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
160
Peter Beard
Female Gerenuk on the Tiva, Tsavo north, near Kathemula, Feb.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,000

Photographs

London Auction 19 May 2016

Provenance

152

Hector Acebes

Unidentified Woman, Benin

Photographs