Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Literature
J. Koudelka, The Black Triangle The Foothills of the Ore Mountains, Prague: Vesmir, 1994, n.p.
R. Delpire, Chaos: Josef Koudelka, London: Phaidon, 1999, pp. 94-95
Josef Koudelka, Prague: Tortst, 2002, pl. 75
Koudelka, New York: Aperture, 2006, pl. 126

66

Josef Koudelka

The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia

1991-1993
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
17.5 x 54 cm (6 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Signed in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠

Contact Specialist
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Photographs

London Auction 16 May 2019

1
Txema Yeste
Bird of Paradise
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,500
2
Julia Hetta
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
3
Emma Summerton
Kloss & Quinn
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
4
Liz Collins
Cara Sweetie
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
5
Sølve Sundsbø
Cara
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
6
Sun Jun
Looking Through The Glass
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,125
7
Erik Madigan Heck
Dior Couture
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
8
Steven Klein
Guinevere at the Pink Mansion, Beverly Hills
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
9
Mikael Jansson
Kaia Gerber, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
10
Steven Meisel
Naomi Campbell, New York City
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
11
Richard Mosse
Nowhere to Run (Infra series)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
12
Richard Mosse
Another Green World (Infra series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
13
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £21,250
14
Hiroshi Sugimoto
English Channel, Weston Cliff
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £23,750
15
Ruud van Empel
Theatre #6
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
16
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Structure of Thought No. 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £48,750
17
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Overturned Bus)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
18
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Natural Bridge)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
19
Thomas Struth
Chicago Board of Trade I, Chicago
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
20
Vik Muniz
Rita Hayworth from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
21
Thomas Ruff
16h 28m/-60°
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
22
Thomas Ruff
CK 02
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £41,250
23
David LaChapelle
Rape of Africa
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
24
David LaChapelle
Pieta with Courtney Love
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £40,000
25
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Igor
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
26
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
27
Robert Polidori
View of Central Park from the East, New York, NY
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
28
Ori Gersht
Untitled 28 from Time After Time: Exploding Flower & Other Matters
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
29
Massimo Listri
Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
30
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
31
Eamonn Doyle
End. Twins
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
32
Martin Parr
Selected Images from The Last Resort
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
33
Wolfgang Tillmans
Still Home
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
34
Ryan McGinley
Drift Domes
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
35
Hans Bellmer
La Poupée (with carpet beater)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
36
This lot is no longer available.
37
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)
Self-Portrait
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,000
38
Man Ray
Électricité
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
39
Man Ray
Rayograph
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
40
Man Ray
La Prière [Prayer]
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £100,000
41
Helena Almeida
Seduzir [Seduce]
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
42
Ishiuchi Miyako
絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#5 野比海岸, Yokosuka Story #5 Nobikaigan
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
43
Ishiuchi Miyako
絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#73 大滝町 Yokosuka Story #73 Ōdaki-chō
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
44
Jinhee Kim
Labor of Love 001 & 002
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
45
Anne Collier
Folded Madonna Poster (Steven Meisel)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £41,250
46
Reine Paradis
Empty Pool from Jungle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
47
Juno Calypso
Subterranean Kitchen from What To Do With A Million Years
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
48
Kourtney Roy
Sorry, No Vacancy 7
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £23,750
49
Takashi Arai
Fukushima, 2016-2017 from Daily D-type Project
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
50
Yuji Hamada
cube from C/M/Y
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
51
Andrew Zuckerman
Grizzly Bear 26
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
52
Eiji Ohashi
Roadside Lights #001
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
53
Han Sungpil
The Dominion of Light
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
54
Kim Heewon
Someone's Window (Napoléon Bonaparte)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
55
Choi Youngdon
a day
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
56
Lee Jeonglok
Tree of Life 5-4-8
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
57
Hiroki Inoue
Fox Chase: Wherever you go, I will follow!
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
58
Ryota Kikuchi
swing_uwajima
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
59
Josef Koudelka
Jarabina
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
60
Josef Koudelka
Gypsy Musicians at Festival
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
61
Josef Koudelka
Okres Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
62
Josef Koudelka
Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
63
Josef Koudelka
Lourdes, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
64
Josef Koudelka
Portugal
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
65
Josef Koudelka
The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
66
Josef Koudelka
The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
67
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
68
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
69
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brie
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
70
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
71
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brussels, Belgium
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
72
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gestapo informer recognised by a woman she had denounced, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
73
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Trafalgar Square on the day of the Coronation of King George VI, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
74
René Burri
Beer Glasses, Czechoslovakia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
75
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
76
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Un Cuarto Para Las Doce (A Quarter Past Twelve)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
Sold for £1,875
77
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
78
Andreas Feininger
The Photojournalist (Dennis Stock)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,000
79
Leonard Freed
Suspect in the back of a police car, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
80
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Albert Camus, Paris, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
81
René Burri
Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
82
Martine Franck
Henri Cartier-Bresson drawing a self-portrait in his studio
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
83
Peter Beard
Picasso at Fréjus
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
84
Thomas Hoepker
Muhammed Ali with fist, Chicago
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
85
Stephen Shore
Grand Prairie, Texas, June 16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
86
Stephen Shore
Main Street, Redfield, South Dakota, July 13
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
87
Stephen Shore
Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, June 21
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
88
Robert Mapplethorpe
Hyacinth
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
89
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Marie / Breasts
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £22,500
90
Diane Arbus
Blaze Starr backstage, Baltimore, MD
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
91
Irving Penn
Nude 65, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
92
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self-Portrait with Paige Powell
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £30,000
93
Irving Penn
Cigarette No. 17, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
94
Irving Penn
Still Life with Skull, Pitcher and Medicine Bottle, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
95
Irving Penn
The Angel, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
96
Irving Penn
Four Shoes, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
97
Richard Avedon
Dorian Leigh, Evening Dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, Paris, August
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
98
Richard Avedon
Sunny Harnett and Alla, Evening dresses by Balmain, Casino, Le Touquet, August
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
99
Horst P. Horst
American Nude I
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
100
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,750
101
George Hoyningen-Huene
Divers, Horst with Model, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,750
102
Herb Ritts
Floating Torso, St. Barthelemy
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
103
Herb Ritts
Cordula, Hollywood
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,750
104
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,875
105
Helmut Newton
Gunilla Bergström, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
106
Peter Lindbergh
Helena Christensen, Italian Vogue, El Mirage, California
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
107
Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth II, The White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
108
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors VII
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
109
Louise Lawler
Photograph, Painting
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £32,500
110
Louise Lawler
Something About Time and Space But I’m Not Sure What It Is (One)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
111
Nan Goldin
James King: Supermodel
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £22,500
112
Alex Prager
La Petite Mort
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
113
Alex Prager
Beth from Week End
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
114
Alex Prager
Anne from Week End
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
115
Desirée Dolron
Habana Libre from Te Dí Todos Mis Sueños
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
116
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Crespo from Te Dí Todos Mis Sueños
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
117
Rinko Kawauchi
Untitled from Utanane
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
118
Rinko Kawauchi
Untitled from Utanane
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
119
Helmut Newton
Self-Portrait with Big Nude VII, Nancy La Scala
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,000
120
Helmut Newton
Pair in bathing suits
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,375
121
Helmut Newton
Mr Chow and model on surgical bed
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
122
Helmut Newton
Woman holding doll
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
123
Helmut Newton
Nude with camera
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
124
Helmut Newton
Nude with camera
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
125
Helmut Newton
Nude in mirror
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
126
Helmut Newton
Full length nude, standing
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
127
Carlo Mollino
No title
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
128
Nobuyoshi Araki
36 Polaroids
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
129
Peter Beard
Iman at Hoggers, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
130
Peter Beard
Buffalo Springs, Kenya, June
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,625
131
Peter Beard
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
132
Peter Beard
Maureen and a late-night feeder, 2:00am, Hog Ranch
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £17,500
133
Herb Ritts
Maasai Woman and Child, Africa
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
134
Steve McCurry
Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
135
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Train Station, Bombay, India
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
136
Sebastião Salgado
Serra Pelada Goldmine, Brazil
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
137
Chris Killip
Helen and Her Hula-hoop, Seacoal Camp, Lynemouth, Northumberland
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
138
Chris Killip
Crabs, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
139
Chris Killip
Rocker and Rosie Going Home, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
140
Don McCullin
Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
141
Don McCullin
Gangs of Boys Escaping C.S. Gas Fired by British Soldiers, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
142
Don McCullin
The Battlefields of the Somme, France
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
143
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
144
Bill Brandt
Nude, East Sussex Coast
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
145
Bill Brandt
Francis Bacon walking on Primrose Hill
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
146No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Parlourmaid and under-parlourmaid ready to serve dinner
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,750
147No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Parlourmaid preparing a bath before dinner, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,000
148No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Northumbrian miner at his evening meal
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,500
149No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Nude, Campden Hill, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,000
150No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Hampstead, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,375
151No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Seaford, East Sussex Coast
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,750
152No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Evening in Kew Gardens
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,250
153No Reserve
Bill Brandt
Halifax
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,500
154No Reserve
Elliott Erwitt
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £2,750
155No Reserve
Elliott Erwitt
Provence
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £3,500
156No Reserve
Bruce Davidson
East 100th St, New York (Girl on fire escape)
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £3,000
157No Reserve
Bruce Davidson
East 100th St, New York (Girl with birdcage)
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £1,250
158No Reserve
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £1,750
159No Reserve
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £3,500
160No Reserve
Eve Arnold
Malcolm X, Chicago
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £3,500
161No Reserve
René Burri
Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £2,000
162No Reserve
René Burri
United Arab Emirates, Gulf States
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £938
163No Reserve
Raghubir Singh
Selected Images
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £10,000

Photographs

London Auction 16 May 2019

Provenance

Literature

66

Josef Koudelka

The Black Triangle, Czechoslovakia

Photographs