Man Ray

Électricité

Paris: La Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité, 1931. Portfolio of 10 photogravures after Rayographs.
Each: 26 x 20.5 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.) or the reverse
Folio: 38.5 x 28.5 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Each signed in the negative and tipped to a mount, each in individual translucent lettered wrappers; together with the 6-page printed introductory text by Pierre Bost. Folio, loose as issued inside printed patterned wrappers with flaps, the colophon printed inside the rear wrapper, in the original glassine dust jacket. Number 467 from the edition of 500.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000

Sold for £25,000

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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

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Électricité

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