Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Literature
P. Roversi, Studio, Gottingen: Steidl, 2005, n.p., variant
Catalogue Essay
Please refer to lots 1– 11 for Polaroids from the Piero Bisazza Collection in the ULTIMATE Evening Sale.

Polaroids from the Piero Bisazza Collection

170

Paolo Roversi

Eva Herzigová, Studio 23 rue des Martyrs, Paris

6 April 2002
Unique Polaroid print.
Image: 23.9 x 18.9 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 27.1 x 21.2 cm (10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and annotated 'Original Unique Polaroid 8 x 10' in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ♠

Sold for £7,500

Contact Specialist
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Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
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ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales

London Auction 18 May 2018

1
Robert Mapplethorpe
Untitled (Patti Smith)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
2
Andy Warhol
Robert Mapplethorpe
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
3
Andy Warhol
Debbie Harry
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
4
Andy Warhol
Dennis Hopper
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
5
Andy Warhol
Gilbert & George, Truman Capote, Roy Lichtenstein
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £26,250
6
Andy Warhol
Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Diane von Fürstenberg
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £62,500
7
Nobuyoshi Araki
36 Polaroids
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
8
Helmut Newton
Arielle for Amica, Milan
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
9
Helmut Newton
Wibecke's legs in her bedroom
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,625
10
Helmut Newton
Marie Christine in a room in the Paris Hilton
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
11
Helmut Newton
Bergström over Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £25,000
12
Diane Arbus
Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £71,250
13
Robert Mapplethorpe
American Flag
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £181,250
14
Irving Penn
Three Poppies, Arab Chief, New York
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £93,750
15
Irving Penn
Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000
16
Helmut Newton
Panoramic Nude with Gun, Villa d'Este, Como
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £729,000
17
Robert Mapplethorpe
Double Tiger Lily
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £297,000
18
Peter Beard
Downwind on the Tiva Lugga, Tsavo North near Kathamula
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £187,500
19
Ishiuchi Miyako
絶唱、横須賀ストーリー Yokosuka Story
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
20
Kunié Sugiura
View from Dakota
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
21
Tamiko Nishimura
しきしま Shikishima
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
22
Tomoko Sawada
School Days
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
23
Mika Ninagawa
earthly flowers, heavenly colors
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
24
Calavas Frères (publishers)
Lace
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
25
Bruno V. Roels
A Palm Tree is A Palm Tree is A Palm Tree (672 Tiny Explosions)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,250
26
Tommy Ton
Werk! Qweens
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £20,000
27
Kim Heewon
Someone's Chandelier 01
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £22,500
28
Edward Burtynsky
Rice Terraces #2, Western Yunnan Province, China
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £27,500
29
Michael Wolf
Architecture of Density #119
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
30
Clifford Ross
Hurricane XVII
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
31
Clifford Ross
Mountain III
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
32
Elger Esser
Loire et Cher, Frankreich
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
33
Nadav Kander
Chongqing IV (Sunday Picnic), Chongqing Municipality
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
34
Robert Polidori
La Méridienne, Marie-Antoinette’s Bed, Château de Versailles, France
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,500
35
James Casebere
Green Staircase #1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
36
Matthias Schaller
Controfacciata, Palazzo Mocenigo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
37
Candida Höfer
Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Lengua Madrid I
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
38
Wim Wenders
The Road to Emmaus, near Jerusalem
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
39
Mikhael Subotzky
Cell 33, E2 Section (1), Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
40
Simon Norfolk
North Gate of Baghdad
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
41
Angel Marcos
In Cuba 7
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
42
Massimo Listri
Galleria delle Statue, Museo Pio Clementino, Musei Vaticani X
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
43
Jeff Bark
Untitled (Fawn)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
44
Paul Hodgson
Botanist
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
45
Naoya Hatakeyama
River Series/Shadow #68
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,750
46
Trine Søndergaard
Interior no. 36; Interior no. 32
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,875
47
Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard
How to Hunt: Kromann Beat
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
48
Faisal Samra
Performance #13 from Distorted Reality
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £1,125
49
Malerie Marder
Untitled from Inland Empire
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £2,000
50
Tom Hunter
The Glass of Wine
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
51No Reserve
Darren Almond
Fullmoon @ Loch Awe
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £8,750
52No Reserve
Darren Almond
Fullmoon @ Malin Head
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £7,500
53No Reserve
Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard
How to Hunt: Tvedelykkemarken (Bjornemosen)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,750
54No Reserve
Simon Norfolk
English Bay Road looking towards Sisters Peak, Ascension Island
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,375
55No Reserve
Simon Norfolk
River Drinjača, Bosnia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £1,250
56No Reserve
Naoya Hatakeyama
Atmos #07303
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £3,750
57No Reserve
Dan Holdsworth
California 01
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,250
58No Reserve
Veronica Bailey
Selected works
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £10,625
59
This lot is no longer available.
60No Reserve
Karen Knorr
The Invention of Tradition from The Connoisseurs
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £1,250
61No Reserve
Esko Männikkö
Organized Freedom 105
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £3,750
62No Reserve
David Hughes
Still Life, Cammell Laird Shipyard
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £625
63No Reserve
Nick Waplington
Rock Pool No. 1
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £3,750
64No Reserve
Boyd & Evans
Warm Springs in Winter
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,500
65No Reserve
Herbert Ponting
Penguins and Iceberg, Antartica
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £3,750
66No Reserve
Justine Kurland
Parade across the Dune, New Zealand
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £2,125
67No Reserve
Brian McKee
Castle View, North Afghanistan
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £1,000
68No Reserve
Simon Roberts
Outdoor Market, Grozny, Chechnya from Motherland
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £938
69No Reserve
Martin Usborne
Tiger, Rag, Johnny and Emma from Dogs of Hoxton
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £1,063
70No Reserve
Jeremy Rata
Road Workers in Old Delhi
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £625
71No Reserve
Sarah Michael
Burn Howe Rigg
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £219
72No Reserve
Linda McCartney
Paul, Stella and James, Scotland
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £1,625
73No Reserve
Simon Chaput
Selected works
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,875
74No Reserve
Pierre Radisic
Marilou
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £625
75No Reserve
Kurt Markus
Dunes QQ, Namibia
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,375
76No Reserve
Lynn Geesaman
Annevoie, Belgium (4-04-3-2)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £750
77No Reserve
Chip Hooper
Cape Foulwind Beach, Tasman Sea, New Zealand
Estimate £500 - 700 •
Sold for £1,750
78
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
79
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brussels, Belgium
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
80
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alberto Giacometti, Paris, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
81
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
82
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint Lazare
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
83
André Kertész
Washington Square Park
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
84
Martine Franck
Swimming Pool Designed by Alain Capeilleres, Le Brusc, South of France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
85
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,750
86
Bill Brandt
Nude, London, July
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
87
Robert Heinecken
14 or 15 Buffalo Ladies #2
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
88
Harry Callahan
Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
89
Harry Callahan
Chicago
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
90
Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Aix-en-Provence, France
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
91
Saul Leiter
Foot on the El
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £10,000
92
Saul Leiter
Through Boards
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £11,250
93
Lee Friedlander
Self Portrait, Westport, Connecticut
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
94
Lee Friedlander
Galax, Virginia
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
95
Edward Weston
Kale–Halved
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £47,500
96
Man Ray
Untitled (Solarised walnuts)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
97
Irving Penn
Butchers, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
98
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat C, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
99
Irving Penn
Woman in Feather Hat (B), New York
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
100
Horst P. Horst
Still Life, Oyster Bay, Long Island
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
101
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
102
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Frida Kahlo
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
103
Sebastião Salgado
Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
104
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
105
Susan Meiselas
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
106
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
107
Shirin Neshat
Untitled (Zarin Series)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
108
Mikhael Subotzky
‘Fuck Me', Toekomsrus, Beaufort West
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
109
Zanele Muholi
Thembeka I, New York Upstate from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,000
110
Malick Sidibé
Regardez-moi
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £16,250
111
Roger Ballen
Two Figures
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
112
Pieter Hugo
Al Hasan Abukari, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana from Permanent Error
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
113
Pieter Hugo
Aissah Salifu, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana from Permanent Error
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
114
James Welling
Untitled from Aluminum Foil
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
115
Thomas Struth
North Garland Court I, Chicago
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
116
Thomas Struth
River-Mouth of Daning Wushan
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
117
Thomas Ruff
Substrat 16-I
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
118
This lot is no longer available.
119
Candida Höfer
Schauspielhaus Dresden IV
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
120
Axel Hütte
Yellow Water, Australia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
121
Axel Hütte
Bryant Park, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
122
Yves Ullens
Enchantment #2, Brussels (Belgium)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
123
Niko Luoma
1966A
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
124
Idris Khan
every…William Turner postcard from Tate Britain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
125
Ruud van Empel
World #6
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
126
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors V
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
127
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
128
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
129
Alex Prager
Crowd #11 (Cedar and Broad Street)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £43,750
130
Alex Prager
Lois
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
131
Alex Prager
June
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,250
132
Ryan McGinley
Grace (Teeth)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
133
Lieko Shiga
Still Unconscious
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
134No Reserve
Vanessa Beecroft
VB 43.018
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £12,500
135
Christopher Bucklow
Guest
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
136
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
137
Paolo Ventura
War Souvenir #4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
138
Paolo Ventura
Winter Stories #30
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
139
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
Book Cam 2
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
140
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Ribidoux Drive-In, Ribidoux
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £17,500
141
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Imax Tempozan, Osaka
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
142
Daidō Moriyama
How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,625
143
Albert Watson
Breaunna in Cat Mask, Las Vegas, Nevada
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
144
Miles Aldridge
Bold Gold #2
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
145
David LaChapelle
Gisele Bündchen: See-Through Coat
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £16,250
146
Sante D'Orazio
Kate Moss, Glen Cove, NY
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
147
Guy Bourdin
Untitled (Guy Bourdin's archive)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
148
Nick Knight
Lily
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
149
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
150
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colourscapes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
151
Nobuyoshi Araki
67 Shooting Back
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,750
152
Helmut Newton
Prunella and Sylvie on the Quai d'Orsay for Playboy, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
153
Helmut Newton
Untitled (Saint Tropez)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £18,750
154
Helmut Newton
Paris by Night with Georgette, Suzette and 'Le Con'
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
155
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude III, In the Laundry Room, Chateau Marmont, Hollywood
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
156
Helmut Newton
Gunilla Bergström in a room in the Hôtel Raphael, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,000
157
Helmut Newton
Arielle, Azzedine's Glove for French Vogue, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,875
158
Helmut Newton
Sailor, Ramatuelle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
159
Helmut Newton
Sylvia in my studio, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £3,750
160
Helmut Newton
Modelling fashion for Vogue Hommes, Vogue Studio, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
161
Helmut Newton
French Vogue, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
162
Helmut Newton
Daryl Hannah for U.S. Vogue, Malibu Beach, California
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,000
163
Helmut Newton
Jerry Hall, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
164
Peter Beard
Magritte Rammé and World Record Cow Elephant Tusk
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £21,250
165
Peter Beard
Iman at Hoggers, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
166
Peter Beard
Fayel Tall at Loingalani, Lake Rudolf, Kenya, February
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
167
Peter Beard
Andy Warhol at Home in Montauk
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £16,250
168
Peter Beard
Machine in the Garden, Tsavo, Kenya
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
169
Paolo Roversi
Kate pour Vogue, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
170
Paolo Roversi
Eva Herzigová, Studio 23 rue des Martyrs, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
171
Sarah Moon
Yohji Yamamoto
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
172
Carlo Mollino
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500

ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales

London Auction 18 May 2018

Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

170

Paolo Roversi

Eva Herzigová, Studio 23 rue des Martyrs, Paris

ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales