Provenance
With Lunn Gallery, Washington D.C.
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 12 October 2005, lot 46
Literature
F. Kaufman, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories, New York: Aperture, 1997, p. 10
Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Photopoetry, London: Thames & Hudson, 2008, p. 121
Manuel Álvarez Bravo: 100 Years, 100 Days, Turner Publicaciones, pl. 43

120

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Obrero en Huelga, Asesinado (Striking Worker, Assassinated)

1934
Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1970s.
19.1 x 24.5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Signed in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£2,500 - 3,000 ‡

Sold for £3,250

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London 18 November 2014

87
Helmut Newton
Big Nude XI: Verina, Nice
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
88
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
89
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £2,500
90
Irving Penn
Chanel Embroidered Dress (Audrey Marnay), New York, March 26
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
91
Lillian Bassman
The V-Back Evenings, Suzy Parker, Dress by Trigère, New York, Harper's Bazaar
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,500
92
Irving Penn
Audrey Hepburn, Paris
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,000
93
David Bailey
Box of Pin-Ups
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
94
Richard Avedon
Penelope Tree, Mask by Ungaro, Paris studio, January
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £9,375
95
Tyler Shields
Kodak
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £12,500
96
Steven Klein
Case Study #13 Image No. 32
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
97
Tony McGee
Kate Moss, London, 6th June
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £5,625
98
Irving Penn
Lily: Melridge, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
99
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
100
Irving Penn
Cigarette No. 85, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
101
Irving Penn
The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000
Sold for £86,500
102
Horst P. Horst
Bombay Bathing Fashion, Oyster Bay, NY
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
103
Horst P. Horst
'I love you' - Lisa Fonssagrives with hat by Balenciaga and gloves by Boucheron, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
104
Horst P. Horst
'Trompe l'oeil', still life with hat, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
105
Horst P. Horst
Lisa with Harp, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,875
106
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,125
107
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000
108
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
109
Herb Ritts
Splash, Hollywood
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
110
Terry O'Neill
Raquel Welch, 'One Million Years B.C.'
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
111
David LaChapelle
Jesus is my Homeboy: Foot Wash
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
112
David LaChapelle
When the World is Through from The House at the End of the World
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,500
113
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £60,000
114
Andres Serrano
Gold Christ
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
115
Andres Serrano
Red River #6
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
116
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
W, March 2000, #10
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
117
Irving Penn
Still life
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
118
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Selected Puppet Theatre, Paris Images
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
119
Don McCullin
The Somerset Levels, Winter
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠†
120
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Obrero en Huelga, Asesinado (Striking Worker, Assassinated)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,250
121
Harry Diamond
Selected Images
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
122
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £12,500
123
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe and Eli Wallach on the set of 'The Misfits', Nevada
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
124
Elliott Erwitt
California
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
125
Larry Clark
Dead 1970 (Billy Mann) from Tulsa
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
126
Robert Mapplethorpe
Self-Portrait
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
127
Peter Beard
Francis Bacon on his roof at 80 Narrow Street, London, March
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £80,500
128
Robert Frank
Ben James, Welsh Miner
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
129
Bruce Davidson
Circus Dwarf, Palisades, New Jersey
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
130
Richard Billingham
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
131
Joel Meyerowitz
Woman in blue and sunlight, Provincetown
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200 ‡
132
William Eggleston
Untitled (Memphis, Tennessee)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
133
William Eggleston
Untitled (Huntsville, Alabama)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £9,000
134
Stephen Shore
West 3rd Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, May 16
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
135
William Eggleston
Untitled (St. Simon's Island, Georgia)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
136
William Eggleston
Untitled (Two women wearing head scarves, Memphis)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
137
This lot is no longer available.
138
Stephen Shore
Bay Theater, 2nd Street, Ashland, Wisconsin, July 9
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
139
Dennis Hopper
Double Standard
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,000
140
Diane Arbus
Tattooed man at a carnival, Md.
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
141
Lee Friedlander
Selected Images
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
142
Diane Arbus
Retired man and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning, N.J.
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
143
William Eggleston
Untitled (Memphis, Tennessee)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
144
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
145
Helmut Newton
Fifteen Photographs
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000
Sold for £60,000
146
Richard Avedon
Sunny Harnett and Alla, Evening dresses by Balmain, Casino, Le Touquet, August
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
147
Erwin Blumenfeld
Portraits of Manina, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
148
Irving Penn
Black and White Fashion (with handbag) (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £35,000
149
Richard Avedon
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £32,500
150
Sally Mann
Fallen Child
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
151
Sally Mann
Hay Hook
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
152
Loretta Lux
Study of a Boy 2
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
153
Erwin Olaf
Rain Portfolio
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
154
Erwin Olaf
Victoria (Portrait) from Grief
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
155
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors V
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
156
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #38, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
157
Desirée Dolron
Librario Escuela Julio Mella from Te dí todos mis sueños
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
158
Idris Khan
Every… Bernd and Hilla Becher Gable Sided House
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £31,250
159
Christian Marclay
Grid No. 3 (Full and Empty Cassettes)
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 †
Sold for £27,500
160
Hiroshi Sugimoto
RKO, Kenmore, New Jersey
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
161
Susan Derges
Star Field Cypress
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
162
Hendrik Kerstens
Bathing Cap, March
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £3,250
163
Paul Hodgson
Masquerade
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
164
Josef Sudek
Milena
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
165
Josef Sudek
Mala Strana Cemetery in the snow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
166
Josef Sudek
White rose in a glass
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
167
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £23,750
168
Sebastião Salgado
Kafue National Park, Zambia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
169
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 £11,875
170
Nick Brandt
Elephant Five, Amboseli
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
171
Nick Brandt
Lionesses with Kilimanjaro, Amboseli
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
172
Irving Penn
Nubile Young Beauty of Diamarè, Cameroon
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
173
Peter Beard
I'll Write Whenever I Can, Koobi Fora, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £40,000
174
Peter Beard
"Tusk" Diary Pages, 1976; Lartigue and Bacon Diary Pages, 19-20 November
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £80,500
175
Peter Beard
Record-Class Leopard on the 19th Bait, near Kilgoris, March
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
176
Nick Brandt
Leopard in crook of tree, Nakuru
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
177
Peter Beard
Ebei cat-fishing off croc-carcasses at Moite Bay Camp, Lake Rudolf
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
178
Malick Sidibé
Avec mon enfant
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200
179
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Pink Flower) from Akt-Tokyo
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
180
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Seated bound nude) from Akt-Tokyo
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
181
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Chiro) from Akt-Tokyo
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
182
Paul Graham
Yuko, Tokyo from Empty Heaven
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
183
Paul Graham
Girl in Bar, Tokyo from Empty Heaven
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
184
Larry Sultan
Sharon Wild from The Valley
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
185
Larry Sultan
Haskell Avenue from The Valley
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
186
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from 67 Shooting Back
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
187
Lise Sarfati
Sloane #06 Oakland, California
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
188
Juergen Teller
Boadicea Vivienne, London
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,125
189
Tim Parchikov
White Mountain, Moscow from Suspense
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £6,250
190
Peter Keetman
Farbe und Struktur (Colour and Structure)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
191
Cooper & Gorfer
The Trinket Dress from The Weather Diaries
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
192
Jory Hull
Challenger (#77) from My Mind is Racing
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £5,000
193
Eelco Brand
KK
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £6,250
194
Thomas Wrede
Football Pitch from Real Landscapes
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
195
Laurent Chéhère
The Linen which Dries from Flying Houses
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
196
Ola Kolehmainen
Cathedral (Hommage à D.F.)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
197
Albert Watson
Monkey with Masks, New York City
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
198
Guido Mocafico
Serpens
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £92,500
199
Raïssa Venables
Yellow Door
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
200
Denise Grünstein
WunderFaust
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
201
Erwin Olaf
Keyhole 2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £17,500
202
Kyung Soo Kim
Full Moon Story 04
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £15,000
203
Helena Blomqvist
Group Portrait in Forest from The Elephant Girl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
204
Miklos Gaál
Frozen Sea
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,250
205
Asako Narahashi
Kawaguchiko from half awake and half asleep in the water
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
206
Rodney Graham
Welsh Oaks
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £122,500
207
Maria Friberg
Alongside Us 2
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
208
Michael Dweck
Surf's Up 1, Montauk, NY
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000

Photographs

London 18 November 2014

Provenance

Literature

120

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Obrero en Huelga, Asesinado (Striking Worker, Assassinated)

Photographs