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    • 125 Lots

    1
    Guido Mocafico
    Boiga Dendrophila Melanota from Serpens
    Estimate
    £40,000 - £60,000
    Sold For
    £50,000
    2
    William Eggleston
    Untitled, 1971-1974
    Estimate
    £50,000 - £70,000
    Sold For
    £197,000
    3
    Richard Avedon
    Blue Cloud Wright, slaughterhouse worker, Omaha, Nebraska, August 10, 1979
    Estimate
    £60,000 - £80,000
    Sold For
    £161,000
    4
    Nick Knight
    Kate
    Estimate
    £35,000 - £45,000
    Sold For
    £60,000
    5
    Guido Mocafico
    Selected Images from Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
    Estimate
    £50,000 - £70,000
    Sold For
    £93,750
    6
    Ruud van Empel
    World #14
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £40,000
    7
    Richard Avedon
    Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11, 1979
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £27,500
    8
    Taryn Simon
    Research Marijuana Crop Grow Room, National Center for Natural Products Research, Oxford, Mississippi from An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    9
    Lalla Essaydi
    Les Femmes du Maroc: Harem Beauty #2
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    10
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £35,000
    11
    Pieter Hugo
    Escort Kama, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    12
    Pieter Hugo
    David Akore, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana from Permanent Error
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £20,000

    The Collection of Georges Bermann

    The illustrious career of Georges Bermann, one of the world's most influential producers, was born of his combined love for photography, cinema and music.

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    13
    Stanley Kubrick
    Sleep
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    14
    Dennis Hopper
    Double Standard
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £66,250
    15
    Matthew Porter
    Highland Park
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £9,375
    16
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (Citgo gas pump)
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £32,500
    17
    Annie Leibovitz
    R2-D2 on the set of “Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones”, Pinewood Studios, London
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £35,000
    18
    Jean-Baptiste Mondino
    Daft Punk
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    19
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Orchids
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £23,750
    20
    Walker Evans
    Penny Picture Display, Savannah, Georgia
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold
    21
    Garry Winogrand
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    22
    Lee Friedlander
    Galax, Virginia
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    23
    Harry Callahan
    Chicago
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £6,000
    25
    Diane Arbus
    Waitress, Nudist Camp, N.J.
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000

    Phyllis Posnick's STOPPERS

    Five timeless, Vogue-worthy works by Mario Testino, Irving Penn, Steven Klein, Patrick Demarchelier and Tim Walker comprise a special section of our London Photographs sale.

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    26
    Irving Penn
    Parade
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    27
    Irving Penn
    New York Still Life
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    28
    O. Winston Link
    Mr. and Mrs. Pope watch the last steam powered passenger train, Max Meadows, Virginia
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £2,500
    29
    Elliott Erwitt
    California
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £7,250
    30
    Elliott Erwitt
    Wyoming
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    31
    Peter Mitchell
    Mr and Mrs Hudson, Newsagents, Seacroft, Leeds
    Estimate
    £600 - £800
    Sold For
    £1,750
    32
    Bruce Davidson
    Wales (boy pushing carriage)
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £5,625
    33
    Bruce Davidson
    Wales (girl in red sweater)
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £6,250
    34
    Bruce Bernard
    Francis Bacon in his studio, Reece Mews
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    35
    Bruce Bernard
    Lucian Freud with two portraits of Leigh Bowery
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    36
    Horst P. Horst
    Irving Penn, N.Y.
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    No Reserve
    37
    Various Artists
    Selection of Artist Portraits
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500

    Thomas Struth: Museum Photographs

    Appearing at auction for the first time, Struth's iconic 'Art Institute of Chicago II, Chicago' from 1990 masterfully explores the boundaries between photography and painting.

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    38
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    Frida Kahlo
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £6,875
    39
    Alberto Korda
    Guerrillero Heroico (Che Guevara)
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    40
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    La Buena Fama Durmiendo (Good Reputation, Sleeping)
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    41
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    El Ensueño (The Daydream)
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    42
    René Burri
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £27,500
    43
    Facundo de Zuviría
    Ratio from Siesta Argentina
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £3,125
    44
    Sergio Trujillo
    Untitled from Muros Colombianos
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £5,250
    45
    Fernell Franco
    Untitled from Prostitutas
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    46
    Adriana Lestido
    Amalia y su Hija from Mujeres presas
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £4,750
    47
    Graciela Iturbide
    Casa de Frida Kahlo, Coyoacán, Mexico
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    48
    Pablo Ortiz Monasterio
    Fiesta Nacional, Mexico
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    49
    Graciela Iturbide
    Los pollos, Juchitán, Oaxaca
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £4,750

    Adam Fuss: In Conversation

    Phillips' Yuka Yamaji and Adam Fuss discussed his artistic beginnings, the intimacy of photograms and what's next for his career.

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    50
    Vladimir Sersa
    Untitled from Letreros que se ven
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £3,750
    51
    Paolo Gasparini
    Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
    Estimate
    £3,500 - £4,500
    Sold For
    £5,000
    52
    Ever Astudillo
    Untitled from Latin Fire
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £2,500
    53
    Lázaro Blanco
    Encrucijada, D.F.
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £4,750
    54
    Gertjan Bartelsman
    Untitled from Los Pasajeros
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    No Reserve
    55
    Thomas Struth
    Go und Ayaka Okutsu, Yamaguchi
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £4,375
    56
    Jeff Brouws
    Front Street, Battle Mountain, Nevada
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    57
    Nadav Kander
    Chongqing II, Chongqing Municipality from Yangtze, The Long River
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £13,750
    58
    Alec Soth
    Falls 55
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £9,375
    59
    Axel Hütte
    Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    60
    Michael Eastman
    Isabella's Two Chairs
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    61
    Michael Eastman
    Green Dining Room
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500

    Latin America: Property from a Private Collection, France

    11 important artists provide a candid look at photography in Latin America over the past 60 years.

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    62
    Thomas Ruff
    h.t.b. 07
    Estimate
    £12,000 - £18,000
    Sold For
    £22,500
    63
    Edward Burtynsky
    Oil Fields #19a & #19b, Belridge, California
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    64
    Edward Burtynsky
    Xiaolangdi Dam #3, Yellow River, Henan Province, China
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold
    65
    Christian Boltanski
    Reliquaire
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £50,000
    66
    Thomas Ruff
    Sterne 11h 12m/-35°
    Estimate
    £50,000 - £70,000
    Sold For
    £56,250
    67
    Thomas Struth
    Art Institute of Chicago II, Chicago, 1990
    Estimate
    £100,000 - £150,000
    Sold For
    £635,000
    68
    Adam Fuss
    From the series 'My Ghost'
    Estimate
    £40,000 - £60,000
    Sold For
    £37,500
    69
    Adam Fuss
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £45,000 - £55,000
    Sold For
    £50,000
    70
    Irving Penn
    Bee on Lips, New York
    Estimate
    £80,000 - £120,000
    Sold For
    £100,000
    71
    Steven Klein
    Bugs
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £31,250
    72
    Patrick Demarchelier
    Karlie Kloss, New York
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    73
    Tim Walker
    Xiao Wen Ju, Frida Gustavsson, Anaïs Pouliot & Fei Fei Sun, Comme des Garçons ‘White Drama’ Collection, London
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    74
    Mario Testino
    Karlie Kloss, Austria, American Vogue
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £37,500
    75
    Mert & Marcus
    Smoke
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    76
    Mert & Marcus
    Missy Running
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £37,500
    77
    Mert & Marcus
    Lazer Beam
    Estimate
    £30,000 - £50,000
    Sold For
    £50,000
    78
    Mert & Marcus
    Striptease
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £38,750
    79
    Michael Dweck
    Mermaid 18b, Weeki Wachee, Florida
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £27,500
    80
    Lillian Bassman
    Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    81
    Lillian Bassman
    Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    82
    Ormond Gigli
    Girls in the Windows, New York City
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold For
    £22,500
    83
    Irving Penn
    Balenciaga 'Little Great' Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    84
    Patrick Demarchelier
    Christy Turlington, New York
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £40,000
    85
    Herb Ritts
    Naomi Seated, Hollywood
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £47,500
    86
    Jerry Schatzberg
    Faye Dunaway
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    88
    Horst P. Horst
    Mainbocher Corset, Paris
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    89
    Jeanloup Sieff
    Le Dos d'Astrid, Palm Beach
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    90
    Ellen von Unwerth
    Selected Images from Revenge
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    91
    Sarah Moon
    Fashion 1, Issey Miyake
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £5,250
    92
    Cathleen Naundorf
    The Last Sitting II, Dior - HC Winter 2011, #36, 14 September
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    93
    Vee Speers
    Untitled #21 from The Birthday Party
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    94
    Vee Speers
    Untitled #18 from The Birthday Party
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £5,250
    95
    Sally Mann
    Jessie Bites
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £9,375
    96
    Erwin Olaf
    Barbara (Portrait) from Grief
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    97
    Erwin Olaf
    Troy (Portrait) from Grief
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    98
    Desirée Dolron
    Xteriors VIII
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £31,250
    99
    Vanessa Beecroft
    VB35.270.MST; VB35.330.MST from Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold
    100
    Thomas Ruff
    nudes fee 19
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    Sold
    101
    David LaChapelle
    Deluge
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £30,000
    102
    David LaChapelle
    Amanda as Andy Warhol's Liz in Purple
    Estimate
    £18,000 - £22,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    103
    David LaChapelle
    Amanda Lepore: Addicted to Diamonds, New York
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    104
    Vik Muniz
    Green Monkey, after George Stubbs from Pictures of Magazines 2
    Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
    Sold For
    £21,250
    105
    Sandy Skoglund
    Walking on Eggshells
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    106
    Hannes Schmid
    Cowboy #211
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold
    107
    Daidō Moriyama
    How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £4,375
    108
    Valérie Belin
    Untitled (N°93082601) from Crystal I
    Estimate
    £3,000 - £5,000
    Sold For
    £3,000
    109
    Albert Watson
    Darth Vader, The Original Helmet, 'Star Wars', New York City
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    110
    Lalla Essaydi
    Converging Territories #2
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    111
    Shirin Neshat
    Untitled from Rapture
    Estimate
    £8,000 - £12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    112
    Irving Penn
    Two Guedras, Morocco
    Estimate
    £40,000 - £60,000
    113
    Irving Penn
    Scarred Dahomey Girl, Cameroon
    Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
    114
    Irving Penn
    Nubile Young Beauty of Diamarè, Cameroon
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    115
    Malick Sidibé
    Les Trois Amis avec Moto
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £6,875
    116
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    117
    Roger Ballen
    Dresie and Casie, twins, Western Transvaal
    Estimate
    £4,000 - £6,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    118
    Pieter Hugo
    Emeka Onu, Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    119
    Mikhael Subotzky
    Maplank and Naomi, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison from Die Vier Hoeke
    Estimate
    £5,000 - £7,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    120
    Zanele Muholi
    Miss D'vine I
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £3,125
    121
    David Goldblatt
    Crosses Erected by farmers in Commemoration of those killed in farm murders and in protest against the frequency and violence of these crimes, Rietvlei, district Polokwane, Limpopo, June 19
    Estimate
    £6,000 - £8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    122
    Délio Jasse
    Obra from Pontus
    Estimate
    £2,500 - £3,500
    Sold For
    £3,125
    123
    Jehad Nga
    Untitled No. 5870 (Turkana, Kenya)
    Estimate
    £2,000 - £3,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    124
    Sebastião Salgado
    The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £11,250
    125
    Sebastião Salgado
    Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    Estimate
    £25,000 - £35,000
    Sold For
    £35,000
    126
    Sebastião Salgado
    The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
    Estimate
    £7,000 - £9,000
    Sold For
    £11,875
    127
    Nick Brandt
    Zebras crossing river, Maasai Mara
    Estimate
    £15,000 - £20,000
    Sold For
    £17,500