Sebastião Salgado - Photographs New York Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • Literature

    Taschen, Sebastião Salgado: Genesis, pp. 20-21

  • Catalogue Essay

    "In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view." – Sebastião Salgado

Transcendence: Photography and the Sublime

186

Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

2005
Gelatin silver print, printed 2015.
21 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (54 x 76.5 cm)
Signed, titled 'Antartica' and dated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$9,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $12,500

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New York Auction 14 October 2020