PHILLIPS NEW YORK SPRING PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTION TOTALS $6,389,375/€4,632,501/£3,841,918
WORLD RECORDS ACHIEVED FOR NOBUYOSHI ARAKI, RICHARD MISRACH, AHMET ERTUG, ADAM FUSS, CARRIE MAE WEEMS AND SEBASTIÃO SALGADO AMONG OTHERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – 1 April 2014 – Phillips Photographs auction produces strong results totaling $6,389,375/€4,632,501/£3,841,918 selling 78% by lot and 81% by value.
“Today’s auction reinforced the growing demand for top-tier works by leading contemporary photographers. The strong activity in the room and on the phone banks established superb results across the board and one of the highest number of world auction records in a single Phillips Photographs sale.” Vanessa Kramer Hallett, Senior Director and Worldwide Head of Photographs, Phillips.
“We were thrilled to see fantastic prices achieved for fresh-to-the-market works like the cover lot by Hiroshi Sugimoto, which inspired a bidding frenzy in the room and on the phones.” Shlomi Rabi, Head of Sale, New York Photographs, Phillips.
Top Ten Lots:
063 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, The Music Lesson, 1999, $629,000/€456,525/£377,302
174 NOBUYOSHI ARAKI, From Close to Range, 1991, $191,000/€138,627/£114,570
111 RICHARD AVEDON, Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1981,
$155,000/€112,498/£92,976
225 AHMET ERTUG, The Library of Trinity College, 'The Long Room', Dublin, 2008, $137,000/€99,434/£82,179
209 THOMAS DEMAND, Büro/ Office, 1995, $137,000/€99,434/£82,179
062 IRVING PENN, Vogue Fashion Photograph (Café in Lima), Peru (Jean Patchett), 1948,
$137,000/€99,434/£82,179
230 ELGER ESSER, Cap d'Antifer, Frankreich, 2000, $118,750/€86,188/£71,231
200 CANDIDA HÖFER, Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venezia I, 2003, $112,500/€81,652/£67482
163 IRVING PENN, Summer Sleep, New York, 1949, $112,500/€81,652/£67482
134 WILLIAM EGGLESTON, Sumner, Mississippi, circa 1970, $100,000/€72,393/£59,558
Auction Records:
116 SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska,
USA, 2009, $68,750/€49,898/£41,239
174 NOBUYOSHI ARAKI, From Close to Range, 1991, $191,000/€138,627/£114,570
186 ALEX PRAGER, Crowd #1 from Week-End, 2010, $43,750/€31,754/£26,243 (RECORD FOR A SINGLE WORK)
195 ALEC SOTH, Peter's Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota, 2002, $40,000/€29,032/£23,994
221 RICHARD MISRACH, Untitled #69-527, 2008, $100,000/€72,579/£59,984
227 ADAM FUSS, Untitled, 2007, $93,750/€68,043/£56,235
237 MITCH EPSTEIN, BP Carson Refinery, California from American Power, 2007, $32,500/€23,588/£19,495
261 ORMOND GIGLI, Girls in Windows, New York City, 1960, $55,000/€39,919/£32,991
225 AHMET ERTUG, The Library of Trinity College, 'The Long Room', Dublin, 2008, $137,000/€99,434/£82,179
253 CARRIE MAE WEEMS, Untitled (Woman and daughter with children), 1990, $32,500/€23,588/£19,495
(RECORD FOR A SINGLE WORK)
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