Elger Esser

Tonnay II, Frankreich

1997
Chromogenic print, Diasec mounted.
Image: 91.2 x 127.8 cm (35 7/8 x 50 3/8 in.)
Frame: 124.2 x 161.7 cm (48 7/8 x 63 5/8 in.)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 2/5 in ink on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the frame.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ♠

Contact Specialist
Genevieve Janvrin
Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7901 7996

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Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7318 4098

Photographs

London Auction 18 May 2017

1
Tyrone Lebon
Justin Bieber Sunset
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £8,750
2
Alasdair McLellan
Kate Moss Supreme
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £21,250
3
Mikael Jansson
Kendall Jenner, New York studio
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
4
Nick Knight
Alexander McQueen, Snakes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
Sold for £50,000
5
Bruce Weber
Ric and Natalie, Villa Tejas, Montecito, California
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
6
Ellen von Unwerth
Mission Accomplished
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
7
Steven Klein
Gisele Bündchen for Balenciaga
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
8
Mario Sorrenti
Kate Moss Luncheon on the Grass
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
9
Sølve Sundsbø
Opium
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £16,250
10
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech (Frontal Nude III)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
11
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech (Contact)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
12
Patrick Demarchelier
Kate Moss, New York
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
13
Helmut Newton
Two Pairs of Legs in Black Stockings, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
14
Helmut Newton
Hotel Room, Place de la République, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
15
Helmut Newton
Winnie at the Negresco, Nice
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
16
Helmut Newton
Violetta at the Bains-Douches, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
17
Helmut Newton
Jenny in my Apartment, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
18
Helmut Newton
Gunilla Bergström, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
19
Helmut Newton
Roselyne in Arcangues
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
20
Helmut Newton
Raquel Welch in her backyard, Beverly Hills
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
21
Horst P. Horst
Odalisque I, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
22
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
23
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat A, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
24
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
25
Lillian Bassman
Blowing Kiss, Barbara Mullen, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
26
Richard Avedon
Twiggy, Hair by Ara Gallant, Paris studio, January
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
27
Richard Avedon
Sophia Loren, Hair by Ara Gallant, New York studio, October
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
28
Irving Penn
Girl in Bath (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £118,750
29
Richard Avedon
Dovima with Elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
30
Irving Penn
Gisele, New York
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
31
Irving Penn
Kate Moss, New York
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
32
John Baldessari
Transform (Lipstick)
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡
Sold for £389,000
33
Sohei Nishino
London from Diorama Map
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £65,000
34
Jungjin Lee
Unnamed Road #060
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
35
Walter & Zoniel
Iconostatus
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £30,000
36
Tokyo Rumando
Orphée
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
37
Liz Nielsen
The Echoing Portal
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
38
Daisuke Yokota
Untitled from Color Photographs
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
39
Seiji Kurata
入墨の男 [Irezumi no otoko] Tattooed Man from Flash Up
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
40
Juno Calypso
A Dream in Green from The Honeymoon Suite
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £13,750
41
Kazuyoshi Usui
White Roses from Showa88
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
42
Yoshinori Mizutani
Tokyo Parrots 023
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
43
Ryota Kikuchi
born #1
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
44
Lee Jeonglok
Tree of Life #1
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
45
Chloe Sells
Blues from Measuring Infinity
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £4,375
46
Walker Evans
Sidewalk and Shopfront, New Orleans
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
47
Walker Evans
Show Bill, Dempolis, Alabama
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £2,375
48
Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
49
André Kertész
Chez Mondrian
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
50
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
51
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
52
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
53
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Srinagar, Kashmir
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
54
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Île de la Cité, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
55
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brie, France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
56
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,000
57
Marc Riboud
Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,250
58
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
59
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £131,000
60
Robert Frank
Charleston, South Carolina
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
61
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
62
William Eggleston
Untitled (Gingham Woman, Albers wall)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
63
Irving Penn
Imperial Pink Bud (top), Imperial Gold Bud (bottom), New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
64
Andy Warhol
Muhammad Ali
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £30,000
65
Hunter S. Thompson
Hell's Angels, Traffic Stop C
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
66
Lee Friedlander
New York City (Father Duffy)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
67
Lee Friedlander
Idaho
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
68
Robert Mapplethorpe
Orchid
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
69
Robert Mapplethorpe
Chest
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £15,000
70
Herb Ritts
Backflip, Paradise Cove, California
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £43,750
71
Malick Sidibé
Regardez-moi
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,750
72
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Oluweri Headdress
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
73
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
74
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
75
Murray Fredericks
Salt 18
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,000
76
James Casebere
Four Flooded Arches from Right
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
77
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #5 Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
78
Elger Esser
Tonnay II, Frankreich
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
79
Frank Thiel
City 2/60 (Berlin)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
80
Michael Wolf
Industrial #1
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
81
Vik Muniz
Viewing from Krakatoa Mt. Rakata Pulau, Indonesia - Longitude: 105° 00’06” Latitude: 05° 12’00” - 08/27/1993 - 7:00PM (Local) - Gaze: AZ: 278° 9.313’ Alt: 90° 0.000’ from Pictures of Air
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
82
Vik Muniz
Amore and Psyche, after Francois Gerard from Pictures of Junk
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £22,500
83
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors III
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
84
Ruud van Empel
Boy & Girl
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
85
Ruud van Empel
World #23
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
86
Ruud van Empel
World #11
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
87
Alex Prager
Desiree
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £13,750
88
Alex Prager
Crowd #1 (Stan Douglas)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
89
Valérie Belin
Giant Exhibition Aureole
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
90
Robert Polidori
Sala Alejo Carpentier, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Habana Vieja, Havana
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
91
Loretta Lux
The Green Room
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
92
Vee Speers
Untitled #30 from The Birthday Party
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
93
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from Colourscapes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750

Photographs

London Auction 18 May 2017

Provenance

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Elger Esser

Tonnay II, Frankreich

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