Provenance
Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC
Christie's, New York, 6 October 2011, lot 254
Literature
Deep South, New York: Bulfinch, 2005, p. 64
Catalogue Essay
Gooseneck Loosestrife exemplifies the searingly intimate portrayals of childhood in Sally Mann’s seminal series Immediate Family, taken of her three children at their rural Virginia home between 1984 and 1991. Here, the legs are intertwined and adorned with the elegant arching spike of the gooseneck loosestrife plant. Her first major retrospective, Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, travelled internationally from 2018 to 2020.

46

Sally Mann

Gooseneck Loosestrife

1985
Gelatin silver print.
60.2 x 48.6 cm (23 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 5/25 and copyright notation in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡

Sold for £13,860

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Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021

1
Myoung Ho Lee
Tree #2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
2
Naoya Hatakeyama
Untitled/Osaka
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
3
Thierry Cohen
New York 40° 42’ 16’’ N 2010-10-09 LST 3:40 from Darkened Cities
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
4
Sohei Nishino
Diorama Map London
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £60,480
5
David Goldblatt
Shop assistant, Orlando West, Soweto
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
6
David Goldblatt
Miriam Diale in her bedroom, 5357 Orlando East, Soweto
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
7
Saul Leiter
Snow
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
8
Fernell Franco
Interiores
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
9
Tania Franco Klein
Plane (Self-portrait) from Proceed To The Route
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
10
Lucia Fainzilber
Untitled 31 from Somewear
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £11,970
11
Peter Beard
Francis Bacon on his roof at 80 Narrow Street, London (soon to be lost gambling), during the dead elephant interviews, March
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,800
12
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, Broadway/Houston Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
13
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, Broadway/Spring Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,080
14
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, 25 East 4th Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
15
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, 548 West 22nd Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
16
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Fiesta Drive-in, Pico Rivera
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
17
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tyrrhenian Sea, Amalfi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
18
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Time Exposed
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £23,940
19
Amanda Means
Light Bulb 00031C
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £19,530
20
Wolfgang Tillmans
Transient 3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
21
Steve McQueen
More
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,680
22
Zanele Muholi
Babhekile II, Oslo from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,160
23
Pieter Hugo
The Hyena Men of Abuja, Lagos, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,200
24
Peter Beard
Lion Pride near Ndutu, Southern Serengeti – with Richard Bell
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
25
Karen Knorr
The Gatekeeper, Zanana, Samode Palace from India Song
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
26
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Facade, Michigan Central Station, Detroit, USA from The Ruins of Detroit
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
27
Thomas Struth
Zhejiang Zhong Lu, Shanghai
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
28
Candida Höfer
Le Sénat de Paris VII
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,970
29No Reserve
Loretta Lux
Troll 1
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,764
30
Loretta Lux
The Walk
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,930
31
Wolfgang Tillmans
Santa Marta
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
32
Wolfgang Tillmans
Kleine Welle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,560
33
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Fields #13, Taft, California
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,048
34
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Fields #3, McKittrick, California
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,040
35
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #10a & #10b, Cankun Factory, Xiamen City, China
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,900
36
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled, Summer
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £52,920
37
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
38
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brent Booth; 21 years old; Des Moines, Iowa; $30
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
39
Tina Barney
The Reception
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
40
Diane Arbus
Woman with a locket in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,780
41
Diane Arbus
Girl with a cigar in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
42
Diane Arbus
Untitled (8)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
43
This lot is no longer available.
44
Richard Avedon
William Casby, Born in Slavery, Algiers, Louisiana, 24 March
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £37,800
45
Lisette Model
Running Legs, 42nd Street, N.Y.C.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
46
Sally Mann
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
47
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
48
Robert Mapplethorpe
Raymond
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £7,560
49
William Klein
Blurred squares, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
50
William Klein
Turning black egg, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
51
William Klein
Gun 1, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
52
William Klein
Dolores wants a taxi, New York (Vogue)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,860
53
Horst P. Horst
Lisa on Silk III, New York
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
54
Horst P. Horst
Nina de Voogh, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
55
Horst P. Horst
Lillian Marcuson, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
56
Horst P. Horst
Lisa with Turban, New York
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
57
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
58
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe, Chicago Airport
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
59
Ormond Gigli
Girl in Light, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,040
60
Melvin Sokolsky
Simone, Bubble, Seine, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
61
Helmut Newton
Jenny in my Apartment, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
62
Helmut Newton
Cyberwoman 1, 3, 5, 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
63
Helmut Newton
Arielle after haircut
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
64
Helmut Newton
Sylvia reclining inside the house, Brescia, Italy, (Dressed and Naked)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,320
65
Helmut Newton
Yves St. Laurent, Rue Aubriot, French Vogue, Paris
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,880
66
Richard Avedon
Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,800
67
Michael Dweck
Surf's Up 1, Montauk, NY
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
68
Peter Lindbergh
Estelle Lefébure, Karen Alexander, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, Vogue USA, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,680
69
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
70
Mario Testino
Brouwersgracht, Amsterdam, L'Uomo Vogue
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
71
David LaChapelle
Angelina Jolie In Poppy Field
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
72
Michel Comte
Helena Christensen III, Safe Sex Campaign
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
73
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
74
Mike Figgis
Kate Moss Descending
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,190
75
Anton Corbijn
Kate
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £15,120
76
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles from X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,292
77
Lee Friedlander
Nude (Madonna)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
78No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Nicole Kidman, Culver City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £6,300
79No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, Malibu
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £5,670
80No Reserve
Ellen von Unwerth
Untitled from Revenge
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £693
81
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,024
82
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères, France
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,380
83
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alicante, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,560
84No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,150
85
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Nöel (Happy-Club)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £27,720
86
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
87
Josef Koudelka
Jarabina
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
88
Masahisa Fukase
Kanazawa from Ravens
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,120
89
Masahisa Fukase
Sasuke!! My Dear Cat
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,780
90
Sally Mann
Deep South #45
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
91
Stephen Shore
El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas, July 5, 1975
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,340
92
William Eggleston
Untitled (Huntsville, Alabama)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
93
Lee Friedlander
Florida
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £7,560
94
Lee Friedlander
Nashville
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £5,670
95
Lee Friedlander
Galax, Virginia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £3,528
96
Lee Friedlander
New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
97
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,860
98
Chris Levine
Equanimity 9
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £17,640
99
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
100
John Stewart
Ali Fist, Chicago
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,120
101
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm, Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
102
Nick Brandt
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
103
Nick Brandt
Zebra on Lake, Ngorongoro Crater
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
104
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Psygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
105
Sebastião Salgado
The Refugee Camp of Korem, Ethiopia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
106
Sebastião Salgado
Ecuador
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,410
107
Sebastião Salgado
Tanzania
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
108
Sebastião Salgado
Namibia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
109
Nick Brandt
Hippos on the Mara River, Maasai Mara
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,450
110
Nick Brandt
Giraffes with Dust Devil, Amboseli
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
111
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Old Chimp with Hand II, Mahale
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,520
112
Roger Ballen
Ritual
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
113No Reserve
Edward Weston
Tina on the Azotea
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £3,024
114
Willy Ronis
Lac du Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,024
115
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,930
116
Elliott Erwitt
Yokohama, Japan (2 dogs in goggles)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
117No Reserve
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,772
118
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,268
119No Reserve
Slim Aarons
The Marlboroughs
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £10,584
120No Reserve
Slim Aarons
Children at Mrs William de Rham's Dancing Class held at the River Club, New York
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £756

Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021

Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

46

Sally Mann

Gooseneck Loosestrife

Photographs