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    • 120 Lots

    1
    Constantin Brancusi
    Femme se regardant dans un miroir [Woman looking into a mirror]
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £43,750
    2
    Hans Bellmer
    La Poupée
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    £37,500
    3
    Man Ray
    Meret Oppenheim
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    4
    František Drtikol
    Nude Study
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    5
    Maurice Tabard
    African Masque
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    6
    Bill Brandt
    London
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    7
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Barcelona
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    8
    何藩 Fan Ho
    Hong Kong Slum
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    9
    何藩 Fan Ho
    Hurrying Home
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £25,000
    10
    Peter Beard
    756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise
    Estimate
    £100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    £212,500
    11
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    apple tree (f)
    Estimate
    £50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    £62,500
    12
    Idris Khan
    every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Prison Type Gasholder
    Estimate
    £30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    £47,500
    Article | Photographs

    Early 20th Century Photography in France: Brancusi, Man Ray & Cartier-Bresson

    Through three important works, we take a closer look at Modernism's impact on photography during one of the most consequential periods of European history.

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    13
    Pieter Hugo
    Green Point Common, Cape Town from Kin
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £23,750
    14
    Thierry Cohen
    Rio de Janeiro 22° 56’ 42’’ S 2011-06-04 LST 12:34 from Darkened Cities
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £20,000
    15
    Andreas Gefeller
    Untitled (Sandtracks), Miami from Supervisions
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    16
    Bastiaan Woudt
    thula, Alkmaar
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £35,000
    17
    Amanda Means
    Light Bulb 00062C
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £21,250
    18
    Andrew Zuckerman
    Snowy Owl 32
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £15,000
    19
    荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki
    Colorscapes
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £25,000
    20
    荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki
    Tokyo Comedy
    Estimate
    £40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    £62,500
    21
    Helmut Newton
    Charlotte Rampling, Arles
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £27,500
    22
    Helmut Newton
    Domestic Nude 8, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £11,875
    23
    Helmut Newton
    Domestic Nude 7, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    24
    Helmut Newton
    Domestic Nude 11, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    Article | Photographs

    Pieter Hugo: In Conversation

    Phillips’ Co-Head of Photographs Yuka Yamaji and artist Pieter Hugo sit down to discuss his 'Kin' series, the story behind his work 'Green Point Common' and what photography means to him.

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    25
    Helmut Newton
    Domestic Nude 10, Hollywood
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £11,250
    26
    Helmut Newton
    Jane Kirby, Avenue Kléber, Paris
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    27
    Herb Ritts
    Three Male Torsos
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    No Reserve
    28
    Thomas Ruff
    Nudes Pus 10
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £11,875
    No Reserve
    29
    Thomas Ruff
    Nudes CP 17
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £14,375
    30
    Michael Dweck
    Mermaid 1, Amagansett
    Estimate
    £30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    £25,000
    31
    Steven Klein
    Girl with Hat (Kate Moss)
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    32
    Annie Leibovitz
    Muhammad Ali, New York
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    33
    Annie Leibovitz
    Mick Jagger
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    34
    Bettina Rheims
    Madonna showing her Blue Underpants, New York, September
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    35
    Lyle Owerko
    Boombox #24
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    36
    Matthias Schaller
    Dis 8 from Disportraits
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    Article | Photographs

    LATIN AMERICA: Photography from Mexico to Argentina

    As part of our London Photographs auction, we're highlighting a standout group of works from across this dynamic and diverse region.

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    37
    Thomas Ruff
    cassini 24
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £32,500
    38
    Edward Burtynsky
    Dryland Farming #7, Monegros County, Aragón, Spain
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    39
    Elger Esser
    Puget Island II
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    40
    Robert Frank
    Allen Ginsberg with Peter and Julius Orlovsky
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    41
    Peter Beard
    Stress & Density
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    42
    Peter Beard
    Francis Bacon in his studio, 7 Reese Mews off the Old Brompton Road London (a painting later destroyed)
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    43
    Peter Beard
    The Gardeners of Eden
    Estimate
    £80,000–120,000
    Sold For
    £100,000
    44
    Irving Penn
    Cigarette 17
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £27,500
    45
    Irving Penn
    Woman with three loaves, Morocco (B)
    Estimate
    £18,000–22,000
    Sold For
    £20,000
    46
    Richard Avedon
    Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11
    Estimate
    £80,000–120,000
    Sold For
    £81,250
    47
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Skull
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    48
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Flowers, 5
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £6,875
    Article | Photographs

    ULTIMATE: Eight Exceptional Works

    Ranging from unique and sold-out works to those appearing at auction for the first time, the one thing these eight works have in common is that they are only available at Phillips.

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    49
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    Flowers (Green Amarylis)
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    50
    Ansel Adams
    Thunderclouds, Unicorn Peak, Yosemite National Park
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    51
    Ansel Adams
    Moonrise Hernandez, New Mexico
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £25,000
    52
    Pablo López Luz
    Vista Aérea de la Ciudad de Mexico XXVII from Terrazo
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £11,875
    53
    Marcelo Montecino
    Managua
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    54
    Paolo Gasparini
    El hábitat de los hombres..., Caracas
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    55
    Graciela Sacco
    Adelante [Ahead] from Cuerpo a cuerpo [Body to Body]
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £22,500
    56
    Susana Torres
    Catorce Inkas [Fourteen Inkas] from Museo Neo-Inka
    Estimate
    £15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    £15,000
    57
    Fernell Franco
    Retratos de ciudad [City Portraits]
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £20,000
    58
    Fernell Franco
    Prostitutas
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    59
    Carlos Altamirano
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    60
    Paz Errázuriz
    El Circo [The Circus]
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    61
    Graciela Iturbide
    Magnolia, Juchitán, Oaxaca
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    62
    Enrique Bostelmann
    Untitled
    Estimate
    £3,500–4,500
    63
    Ever Astudillo
    Cali
    Estimate
    £2,500–3,500
    64
    Sergio Trujillo
    Untitled from Muros Colombianos
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    65
    Facundo de Zuviría
    Malbaloca from Siesta Argentina
    Estimate
    £2,500–3,500
    66
    Elliott Erwitt
    Yokohama, Japan (2 dogs in goggles)
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    67
    Willy Ronis
    Partie de pétanque, Aubagne
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    68
    Willy Ronis
    Lac du Bois de Boulogne, Paris
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    69
    Robert Doisneau
    Le baiser blotto
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    70
    Robert Doisneau
    Le manège de Monsieur Barré
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £6,875
    71
    Thurston Hopkins
    La Dolce Vita, Knightsbridge, London
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £2,750
    72
    Dennis Stock
    Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £4,375
    73
    William Claxton
    Chet Baker (at the piano), Hollywood
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold
    74
    Luigi Ghirri
    Hergiswil
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,250
    75
    Luigi Ghirri
    Provincie di Piacenza, Parma, Reggio
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    76
    Nino Migliori
    Il Tuffatore
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    77
    René Burri
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    78
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,500
    79
    Chris Killip
    Helen and Her Hula-hoop, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £7,500
    80
    Chris Killip
    Rocker and Rosie Going Home, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    £6,250
    81
    Daidō Moriyama
    Yokosuka
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,500
    82
    Daidō Moriyama
    Dog Town from Searching Journeys 3
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    83
    Danny Lyon
    Benny, Grand and Division, Chicago
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    84
    Danny Lyon
    Crossing the Ohio near Louisville
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    85
    Ana Mendieta
    Selected Images from Sandwomen, Miami
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    86
    Natalia LL
    Consumer Art
    Estimate
    £12,000–18,000
    87
    Cindy Sherman
    Untitled #361
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £28,750
    88
    Robert Polidori
    Cabinet Intérieur de Madame Adélaïde, Versailles
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    89
    Louise Lawler
    Looks like… a Painting
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £10,000
    90
    Thomas Ruff
    jpeg pp02
    Estimate
    £20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    £17,500
    91
    Thomas Struth
    Museo del Prado 3, Madrid
    Estimate
    £50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    £60,000
    92
    Axel Hütte
    Ariau, Brasilien
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    93
    Elger Esser
    Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Frankreich
    Estimate
    £15,000–20,000
    94
    Taryn Simon
    The Central Intelligence Agency Main Entrance Hall, CIA Original Headquarters Building, Langley, Virginia
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    95
    Wout Berger
    Kas met varens [Greenhouse with ferns]
    Estimate
    £5,000–7,000
    96
    Thomas Struth
    Pflanze No. 21, Dahlie, Winterthur
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    97
    Thomas Struth
    Gelbe Tulpe No. 69, Düsseldorf
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    98
    Thomas Struth
    Pflanze No. 22, Rote Gladaiolen, Winterthur
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    99
    Steve McCurry
    Running at Sunset, Ethiopia
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    100
    Sebastião Salgado
    Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna during the Kuarup ceremony of the Waura Group, Upper Xingu Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    £18,750
    101
    Sebastião Salgado
    Chinstrap Penguins (Psygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
    Estimate
    £10,000–15,000
    102
    Sebastião Salgado
    The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Alaska
    Estimate
    £7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    £8,750
    103
    Melvin Sokolsky
    Over New York
    Estimate
    £8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    £21,250
    104
    Ormond Gigli
    Girl in Light, New York City
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £8,125
    105
    Ormond Gigli
    Girls in the Windows, New York City
    Estimate
    £25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    £30,000
    106
    Bert Stern
    Marilyn with Apricot Roses from The Last Sitting
    Estimate
    £6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    £10,625
    107
    William Klein
    Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    108
    William Klein
    Simone + Painting + Coffee, Rome
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £5,000
    109
    Norman Parkinson
    The Art of Travel
    Estimate
    £4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    £12,500
    No Reserve
    110
    Bill Brandt
    Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £3,750
    No Reserve
    111
    Bill Brandt
    After the Theatre, Taxi in Lower Regent Street
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £2,875
    No Reserve
    112
    Bill Brandt
    At Charlie Brown's, Limehouse
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £2,500
    No Reserve
    113
    Bill Brandt
    Train leaving Newcastle
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £2,250
    No Reserve
    114
    Bill Brandt
    Skye Mountains
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £5,125
    No Reserve
    115
    Bill Brandt
    Cuckmere River, Sussex
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £4,000
    No Reserve
    116
    David Hockney
    Peking 7-24
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £625
    No Reserve
    117
    David Hockney
    Canton 83-22
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £500
    No Reserve
    118
    David Hockney
    Canton 83-36
    Estimate
    £2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    £500
    No Reserve
    119
    Don McCullin
    Vietnam
    Estimate
    £1,000–2,000
    Sold For
    £1,750
    No Reserve
    120
    Malick Sidibé
    Les nouveaux circoncis
    Estimate
    £3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    £1,875