PHILLIPS NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS TOTAL $7,083,000/ £4,745,610/ €6,445,530
WORLD RECORDS ACHIEVED FOR HELMUT NEWTON, SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, ALEX PRAGER,
MITCH EPSTEIN, AMONG OTHERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – 3 April 2015 –The Phillips Photographs Evening and Day Auctions totaled $7,083,000/ £4,745,610/ €6,445,530 selling 80% by lot and 88% by value.
“The strength of the photographs market is confirmed through the solid results of our $7,083,000 sale and even further by the record smashing success of Helmut Newton’s triptych, ‘Walking Women, Paris’, 1981 that achieved $905,000. We look forward to presenting more rare to the market works in our future New York and London sales.”
Vanessa Hallett, Senior Director and Worldwide Head, Photographs, Phillips.
Top Ten Lots:
8 HELMUT NEWTON, Walking Women, Paris $905,000/ £606,350/ €823,550
10 MAN RAY, Reclining Nude with Satin Sheet $329,000/ £220,430/ €299,390
18* HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, Lake Superior, Cascade River $305,000/ £204,350/ €277,550
4 RICHARD AVEDON, The Family $233,000/ £156,110/ €212,030
20 DIANE ARBUS, A widow in her bedroom on 55th St., NYC $233,000/ £156,110/ €212,030
3 ALFRED STIEGLITZ, The Steerage $197,000/ £131,990/ €179,270
19 DESIREE DOLRON, Xteriors XII $125,000/ £83,750/ €113,750
14 CINDY SHERMAN, Untitled #103 $118,750/ £79,563/ €108,063
16* THOMAS STRUTH, Paradise 26 (Bougainville), Palpa, Peru $112,500/ £75,375/ €102,375
15 THOMAS RUFF, Sterne 23h 39m/-55° $112,500/ £75,375/ €102,375
Auction Records:
8 HELMUT NEWTON, Walking Women, Paris $905,000/ £606,350/ €823,550
143 SID AVERY, Cast of Oceans Eleven $17,500/ £11,725/ €15,925
165 ORMOND GIGLI, Girls in Windows, New York City $56,250/ £37,688/ €51,188
207 DANIELE TAMAGNI, Willy Covary $7,500/ £5,025/ €6,825
222 SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA $97,500/ £65,325/ €88,725
253 MITCH EPSTEIN, Amos Coal Power Plant, West Virginia from American Power $62,500/ £41,875/ €56,875
273 ALEX PRAGER, Crowd #2 (Emma) $75,000/ £50,250/ €68,250
281 MARCO BREUER, Spin (C-827) $15,000/ £10,050/ €13,650
284 JOHN CHIARA, Old River Road at Seven Chimneys $8,750/ £5,863/ €7,963
* Lots 6, 16 & 18 were sold immediately after the auction.
PHILLIPS:
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