Provenance
Toluca Fine Art, Paris
Exhibited
América Latina 1960-2013, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 19 November 2013 - 6 April 2014; Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 24 May - 29 September 2014, for another print
Literature
L. Blanco, Luces y tiempos, FCE, 1987, p. 42
A. Fabry, Urbes Mutantes 1941-2012: Latin American Photography, RM/ Toluca Éditions, 2013, pp. 312-313
Catalogue Essay
Lázaro Blanco dedicated his life to photography through both his practice and teaching. In his work, Blanco highlights empty spaces by isolating his subjects from their surroundings.

Property from a Private Collection, France

53

Lázaro Blanco

Encrucijada, D.F.

1967
Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980.
15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and copyright notation in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£2,500 - 3,500

Sold for £4,750

Contact Specialist
Genevieve Janvrin
Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7318 4092

Photographs

London Auction 3 November 2016

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
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
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
24
This lot is no longer available.
25
Diane Arbus
Waitress, Nudist Camp, N.J.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
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
37No Reserve
Various Artists
Selection of Artist Portraits
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •♠
Sold for £12,500
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
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 ♠
55No Reserve
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
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
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
87
This lot is no longer available.
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 ♠
100
Thomas Ruff
nudes fee 19
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
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
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

Photographs

London Auction 3 November 2016

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

Catalogue Essay

53

Lázaro Blanco

Encrucijada, D.F.

Photographs