Provenance
Blain Southern, London
Literature
Thomas Ruff, Turin: Castello Di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, 2009, p. 103
Catalogue Essay
‘My images are not images of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image.’

Thomas Ruff

117

Thomas Ruff

Substrat 16-I

2003
Chromogenic print, face-mounted.
Image: 260 x 160 cm (102 3/8 x 62 7/8 in.)
Frame: 286 x 185.4 cm (112 5/8 x 72 7/8 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 3/3 in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠

Contact Specialist
Genevieve Janvrin
Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+33 1 53 71 77 87

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Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7318 4098

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

117

Thomas Ruff

Substrat 16-I

ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales