Abelardo Morell

Camera Obscura: View of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom

2009
Archival pigment print.
118 x 153 cm (46 1/2 x 60 1/4 in)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 4/6 in ink on a label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 ‡

Sold for £8,750

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
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Photographs

London 21 May 2015 4pm

1
Miles Aldridge
A Dazzling Beauty #4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
2
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, for British Vogue, October
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
3
Helmut Newton
Sylvia in my studio, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
4
Sante D'Orazio
Christy Turlington, Panoramic View Hotel, Montauk
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
5
Helmut Newton
Untitled, Paris, U.S. Vogue, (Two pairs of legs)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
6
Richard Avedon
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
7
Sante D'Orazio
Selected Images
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
8
Herb Ritts
Tatjana in Swimsuit, Hollywood
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
9
Sante D'Orazio
Pamela Anderson, Hollywood, Profile #1
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
10
Robert Mapplethorpe
Peter Reed
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
11
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lily
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
12
Horst P. Horst
Classical Head with Flowers
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £11,250
13
Lillian Bassman
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
14
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat A, for Jardin des Modes, Paris
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
15
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
16
William Klein
Anouk Aimée, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,250
17
Erwin Olaf
Barbara from Grief
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
18
Wolfgang Tillmans
Anemone II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
19
Irving Penn
Tuberous Begonia, New York
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £45,000
20
Annie Leibovitz
Kate Moss, for American Vogue, October
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
21
Sarah Moon
The Clock
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
22
William Klein
Simone + Painting + Coffee, Rome
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
23
Herb Ritts
Versace Dress, Back View, El Mirage
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £158,500
24
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
25
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,000
26
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
27
Ormond Gigli
Girls in Windows, New York City
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
28
Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan, Spring
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
29
Guy Bourdin
French Vogue
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
30
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,250
31
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
32
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
33
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
34
David LaChapelle
Jesus is my Homeboy: Anointing
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
35
Gregory Crewdson
Selected Images
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,000
36
Elger Esser
Mincio, Italien
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
37
Ori Gersht
Wildflowers from Flowers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £18,750
38
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Ray of Light) from Twilight
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £27,500
39
Elger Esser
Beg en Aud, Frankreich
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
40
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled (Saddle Peak)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
41
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
42
Taisuke Koyama
Untitled (Rainbow Waves 19)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
43
Yosuke Takeda
Stay Gold 144540 from Digital Flare
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
44
Daisuke Yokota
Cloud
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
45
Mika Ninagawa
Plant a Tree
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
46
Yoshinori Mizutani
Moonlight 02
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
47
Natsumi Hayashi
Today’s Levitation 06/25/2011
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
48
Yumiko Utsu
Octopus Portrait
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
49
Barry Frydlender
Smoking, Sinai
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
50
Walter Pfeiffer
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
51
Sølve Sundsbø
Karen I
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £15,625
52
Lyle Owerko
Boombox/23 (JVC M70)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
53
Beau Dunn
Glam Barbie #1
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
54
Kim Joon
Blue Fish
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,875
55
Debbie Han
Masturbating Grace I
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
56
Antoine Verglas
Road Trip
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
57
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 18, Weeki Wachee, Florida
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
58
Magda Biernat
Lifeguard Houses
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
59
Frank Thiel
Untitled #01 from "City TV", (Berlin)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
60
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Draken, Göteborg
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
61
Candida Höfer
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles III
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡♠
62
Gilbert & George
White Hands
Estimate £65,000 - 75,000 ♠
Sold for £68,500
63
Vanessa Beecroft
VB48.008.DR, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
64
Vanessa Beecroft
VB26.038, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
65
Steven Klein
X Static Process 02
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
66
Hendrik Kerstens
Napkin, February
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
67
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors XI
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
68
William Claxton
Halima and Chet Baker, Redondo Beach
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
69
Annie Leibovitz
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brussels, Belgium
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
70
Irving Penn
Spencer Tracy, New York, Mar. 23
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
71
Bruce Bernard
Francis Bacon in his studio, Reece Mews
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
72
Eve Arnold
Paul Newman at Lee Strasberg's Studio, New York
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
73
Terry O'Neill
Frank Sinatra on the Boardwalk, Miami
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
74
William Klein
Gun 1, New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ♠
Sold for £3,250
75
David Bailey
Box of Pin-Ups
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
76
David Bailey
John Lennon
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
77
Bill Brandt
Nude, Hampstead, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,500
78
Bill Brandt
Hornton Street, Campden Hill, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
79
Bill Brandt
René Magritte with his picture 'The Great War', Brussels
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,500
80
Erwin Blumenfeld
Mirror (Tedi Thurman)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
81
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
82
Elliott Erwitt
North Carolina
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £3,250
83
René Burri
Cordoba, Argentina
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,000
84
William Klein
Rolling Stones Concert, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
85
William Klein
Big Face in Crowd, New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,500
86
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
87
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
88
William Eggleston
Untitled (Baby Doll Cadillac)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
89
Diane Arbus
Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J.
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
90
This lot is no longer available.
91
Vik Muniz
Bette Davis from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £31,250
92
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
93
Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in the mirror, Hotel Baur au Lac, Zürich
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
94
Vik Muniz
Reversal Grey Marilyn from Pictures of Diamond Dust
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,500
95
David Hockney
George, Blanche, Celia, Albert and Percy, London, January
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
96
Vik Muniz
The Poppy Field at Argenteuil, after Claude Monet from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £37,500
97
Robert Polidori
Salle du Maroc, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Chateau de Versailles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
98
Robert Polidori
Michel Anguier by Jacques d’Agar, 1675, Salle la surintendance de Colbert, Salles du XVII, Aile du Nord – R.d.C, Chateau de Versailles
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,000
99
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £4,750
100
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura: View of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
101
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
102
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
103
Peter Beard
Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru Desert, Kenya, June
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
104
Sebastião Salgado
Crossing the Ob River to enter the Arctic Circle, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,875
105
Peter Beard
Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, near hunting block 33/ Ithumber Hill on the Athi-Tiva dry river, February
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
106
Peter Beard
Model
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
107
This lot is no longer available.
108
Peter Beard
Rhino Roping with Ken Randall in Darajani, Tsavo, Kenya
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
109
Peter Beard
Alistair and Croc, The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
110
Britta Jaschinski
Light and Dark
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
111
Peter Beard
Loliondo Lion Charge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
112
Nick Brandt
Elephants on the move, Amboseli
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
113
Nick Brandt
Zebras crossing river, Maasai Mara
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
114
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Zebra Mother and Baby, Ngorongoro
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
115
Ruud van Empel
Dawn #4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,625
116
Ruud van Empel
Boy & Girl
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £80,500
117
Vee Speers
Untitled #37 from The Birthday Party
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
118
Loretta Lux
Study of a Boy 2
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
119
Loretta Lux
The Red Ball 2
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
120
Simon Norfolk
The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot) from Scenes from a Liberated Baghdad
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
121
Sebastião Salgado
Mali
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
122
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
123
Boris Mikhailov
Untitled from Case History
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,375
124
Boris Mikhailov
Untitled from Case History
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,500
125
Josef Koudelka
Matriarch
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
126
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Noël (Happy-Club)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
127
Irving Penn
Four Photographs of Grapes (A), New York, Feb
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
128
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
129
Louis Faurer
Park Ave. Garage at Hotel Marguery, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
130
Elliott Erwitt
New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
131
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £2,250
132
Elliott Erwitt
California
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
133
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
134
René Burri
Wilted Lotus Blossoms, former Summer Palace, Kunming Lake, Beijing, China
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
135
Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Palais Royal Gardens, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
136
Nobuyoshi Araki
Komari from L'amant d'août
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,125
137
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Orchid)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
138
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Delphinium)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
139
Eikoh Hosoe
Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #32
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
140
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
141
Nobuyoshi Araki
Painting Flower
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
142
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from PaINting
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
Sold for £5,250
143
Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Decisive Moment, 1952; The Europeans, 1955
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000
Sold for £3,500
144
Helmut Newton
Sumo
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 †
Sold for £2,750

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London 21 May 2015 4pm

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Abelardo Morell

Camera Obscura: View of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom

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