Provenance
Polka Galerie, Paris, 2014
Literature
W. Klein, New York 1954.55, Manchester: Dewi Lewis, 1995, pp. 252-253
William Klein, Paris: Marval, 2005, pp. 78-79, there titled 'Fin du monde new-yorkaise'
W. Klein, Life is good & good for you in New York: Trance, Witness, Revels, New York: Errata, 2016, n.p.

29

William Klein

Atom Bomb Sky, New York

1955
Gelatin silver print, printed later, mounted.
Image: 102.8 x 149.6 cm (40 1/2 x 58 7/8 in.)
Frame: 108.5 x 155 cm (42 3/4 x 61 in.)
Signed, titled and dated in ink on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠

Sold for £15,240

Contact Specialist

Rachel Peart
Head of Department, London
RPeart@phillips.com

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Head of Photographs, Europe
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+44 20 7318 4092

Photographs

London Auction 19 May 2023

1
Ruud van Empel
Identity #1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
2
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
3
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
4
Sally Mann
Untitled from Antietam
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
5
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Gulf of Bothnia, Hornslandet
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £27,940
6
Ori Gersht
Virtual E01 from On Reflection
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
7
Helmut Newton
Rue Aubriot, Paris
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £33,020
8
Helmut Newton
Big Nude: Yuko, Camilla, Raquel, Una and Verina
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
9
Peter Lindbergh
Kate Moss, Harper's Bazaar USA, Long Island, New York
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
10
Zanele Muholi
Sindile II, Room 206 Fjord Hotel, Berlin from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
11
Tania Franco Klein
Toaster, (Self-portrait) from Our Life in the Shadows
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
12
JeeYoung Lee
Resurrection from Stage of Mind
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
13
Rala Choi
A woman lying on the sofa
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,940
14
Byung-Hun Min
MG247
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
15
Maria Svarbova
Grössling City Bath
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
16
Amanda Means
Light Bulb (008BYs)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
17
Reine Paradis
L’Envol from Jungle
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
18
Jung Lee
Heart
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
19
Markus Brunetti
Paris, Cathédrale Notre-Dame from FACADES
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
20
Jungjin Lee
Wind 04-54
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
21
This lot is no longer available.
22
Diane Arbus
A widow in her bedroom, N.Y.C.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
23
Diane Arbus
Elizabeth Taylor look-alike reclining on a bed, London, England
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
24
Diane Arbus
Puerto Rican woman with a beauty mark, N.Y.C.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
25
Diane Arbus
A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C.
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
26
Diane Arbus
Woman with eyeliner, N.Y.C.
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
27
Peter Hujar
Susan Sontag
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
28
Weegee
Coney Island
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £24,130
29
William Klein
Atom Bomb Sky, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
30
Robert Adams
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
31
William Eggleston
Outskirts of Morton, Mississippi, Halloween
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
32
William Eggleston
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
33
Joel Sternfeld
McLean, Virginia, December
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £19,050
34
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (Father and daughter, Bamako)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
35
Irving Penn
Cuzco Children, Peru
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
36
Sally Mann
Holding Virginia
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
37
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Heads #23
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
38
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Michael Jenson, 19 years old, Dallas, Texas, $20 / Jerry Imel, 18 years old, Wichita, Kansas, $20
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
39
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tokyo
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
40No Reserve
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Heads #24
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £6,350
41No Reserve
Nan Goldin
At the bar: Toon, Cee, and So, Bangkok
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £17,780
42No Reserve
Nan Goldin
Joey and Andres in the Hotel Askanischer Hof, Berlin
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £5,715
43
Robert Mapplethorpe
Frank Diaz
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
44
Diane Arbus
Mia Villiers-Farrow on a Bed
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
45No Reserve
Lee Friedlander
New York City
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •‡
Sold for £2,540
46
William Klein
Dana Happening, Tokyo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
47
Ishiuchi Miyako
Yokosuka Story #5
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
48
Ishiuchi Miyako
Yokosuka Story #15
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,096
49
Robert Mapplethorpe
Thomas
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,940
50
André Gelpke
Sylt from Fluchtgedanken
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
51
Robert Adams
South from the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
52
Irving Penn
Fish Bones on a Plate, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
53
Irving Penn
Still Life with Shoe
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
54
Joel Meyerowitz
Camel Coats, New York City
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
55
Nan Goldin
Self Portrait in Hotel Baur au Lac, Zürich
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
56
Nan Goldin
Aurèle Caressing Joana’s Teeth, NY
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
57
Nan Goldin
Kathleen at the Bowery Bar, NYC
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
58
Sally Mann
Last Light
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
59
Sally Mann
Crossed Braids
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
60
Tomoko Sawada
School Days
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,160
61
Zanele Muholi
Sifikile, Nuoro, Italy from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
62
Zanele Muholi
Zazi I, ISGM, Boston
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
63
Zanele Muholi
Bukhosi I, Parktown from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
64
Chris Smith
Ali and The Beatles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,640
65
John Stewart
Ali Fist, Chicago
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
66
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
67
Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £24,130
68
Steven Klein
Kate in Red
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
69
This lot is no longer available.
70
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
71
William Klein
Maquillage Backstage, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £11,430
72
Melvin Sokolsky
Saint Germain, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
73
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
74No Reserve
Jeanloup Sieff
Sur un Lit
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £10,160
75
Judy Dater
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,810
76
Vik Muniz
The Poppy Field at Argenteuil, after Claude Monet from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
77
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
78
John Baldessari
Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Painting, Person, Dog (Maquette)
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
79
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (red)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
80
Wolfgang Tillmans
still life, Lucca
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
81
Erwin Olaf
Hope Portraits Portfolio
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
82
Wolfgang Tillmans
Kleine Welle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
83
Wolfgang Tillmans
haircut
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
84
Wolfgang Tillmans
Weed
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
85
Alex Prager
Virginia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,620
86No Reserve
Paul Hodgson
Botanist
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £1,905
87
Annie Leibovitz
Glenda, San Francisco
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £1,905
88No Reserve
Guido Mocafico
Bothrops Alternatus
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 •♠
Sold for £2,286
89
Ben Cauchi
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
90
Yto Barrada
Iris et Ronces, Tanger
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £2,413
91
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
92
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £16,510
93
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Queen Charlotte's Ball, London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
94
Tina Modotti
Untitled (Protest Rally)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
95
Brett Weston
Dunes
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
96
Lisette Model
Newspaperman, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
97
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of King George VI, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
98
Henri Cartier-Bresson
On the Banks of the Marne
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £12,065
99
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Construction of the Beijing University swimming pool by students
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
100
Elliott Erwitt
Photographs
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
101
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (Two women and a girl with Peugeot automobile)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,080
102
Malick Sidibé
Selected Images
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
103
Aaron Siskind
Jerome, Arizona 21
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,334
104
W. Eugene Smith
Railroad Tracks, Pittsburgh
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,810
105
Ray K. Metzker
Atlantic City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
106
Walker Evans
Roadside Gas Sign
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
107No Reserve
Margaret Bourke-White
Aerial View Of Single Family Houses, Muncie, Indiana
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £508
108
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from Presa di coscienza sulla natura
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ♠
109
Garry Winogrand
Untitled from Women Are Beautiful
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £4,064
110
Garry Winogrand
Untitled from Women Are Beautiful
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
111No Reserve
Garry Winogrand
San Marcos, Texas
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £1,905
112No Reserve
Marc Riboud
Selected Images
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,905
113
Louis Stettner
Brooklyn Promenade
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
114
Terry O'Neill
The Rolling Stones
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
115
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm I, Masaai Mara
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
116
Nick Brandt
Cheetah and Cubs Lying on Rock, Serengeti
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
117
Nick Brandt
Lionesses Readying to Hunt, Maasai Mara
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
118
Peter Beard
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, June
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
119
Peter Beard
Agnes of El Molo Bay, Loyangalani, Lake Rudolf
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,985
120
Peter Beard
Ode to the Peace Corpse, Alia Bay, Lake Rudolf
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,064
121
Peter Beard
Lion Kill, Ol Loitokitok, Tanganyika, June
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,810
122
Nick Brandt
Baboons in Profile, Amboseli
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
123No Reserve
Clifford Ross
Mountain III
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for £4,445
124
Sebastião Salgado
Coal Mining, Dhanbad, India
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
125
Sebastião Salgado
Mali
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
126
Sebastião Salgado
Blind Woman, Mali
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
127
Sebastião Salgado
Tigray, Ethiopia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
128
Stuart Franklin
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
129
Robert Capa
D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,794
130
Helmut Newton
Sie Kommen, Naked, Paris
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
131
Mert & Marcus
Missy Running
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £57,150
132
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Marie / Breasts
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
133
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,320
134
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,065
135
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flower
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,700
136
Robert Mapplethorpe
Irises
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £38,100
137
Irving Penn
Dior Fur Scarf (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
138
Richard Avedon
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £139,700
139
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, Los Angeles, Harper’s Bazaar
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
140
Sante D'Orazio
Cindy Crawford, The Argyle Hotel, Los Angeles
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £16,510
141
Ellen von Unwerth
Claudia Schiffer for Guess, Morocco
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,860
142
Herb Ritts
Floating Torso, St. Barthelemy
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,700
143
Mario Sorrenti
Léa Seydoux
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
144
Herb Ritts
Cindy Crawford - Blonde, Malibu
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
145
Michael Halsband
Andy Warhol + Jean-Michel Basquiat #143, New York City, July 10th, 1985
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £48,260
146
Irving Penn
Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £21,590
147
Richard Avedon
Henry Moore, Sculptor, Much Hadham, England
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
148
Richard Avedon
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller 5/8/57
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,940
149
David Bailey
Catherine Deneuve, Flamingo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
150
Terry O'Neill
Faye Dunaway, Hollywood
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
151
Robert Mapplethorpe
Deborah Harry
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £35,560
152
Brian Duffy
David Bowie
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
153
Ellen von Unwerth
Your Turn, Rihanna
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £20,320
154
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £48,260
155
Terry O'Neill
Raquel Welch on the Cross
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
156
Jerry Schatzberg
Faye Dunaway
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
157
Helmut Newton
Diving Tower, Old Beach Hotel, Monte Carlo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,255
158
Helmut Newton
Cyberwoman 1-7
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,430
159
Herb Ritts
Female Torso Detail, Hollywood
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
160
Patrick Demarchelier
Cindy, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
161
Albert Watson
Christy Turlington, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,096
162
Dennis Stock
Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
163
David Bailey
John and Paul
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,890
164
David Bailey
John and Paul
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
165
David Bailey
The Kray Brothers
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
166
William Claxton
Chet Baker (at the piano), Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,445
167
Terry O'Neill
Elton John Performing at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
168
Terry O'Neill
Elton John Performing at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700

Photographs

London Auction 19 May 2023

Provenance

Literature

29

William Klein

Atom Bomb Sky, New York

Photographs