Provenance
Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln
Sotheby's, Paris, 20 November 2009, lot 132
Literature
Larry Sultan: The Valley, Zurich: Scalo, 2004, p. 78
W. A. Ewing, Face: The New Photographic Portrait, London: Thames & Hudson, 2006, p. 95
T. Weski, ed., Click Doubleclick: The Documentary Factor, Cologne: König, 2006, p. 101

76

Larry Sultan

Woman in Curlers, San Fernando from The Valley

1998-2000
Chromogenic print, printed 2003, mounted.
Image: 112 x 140.5 cm (44 1/8 x 55 3/8 in.)
Frame: 126 x 158 cm (49 5/8 x 62 1/4 in.)
Signed in pencil on the recto; printed title, date and number 4/10 on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the frame.

Estimate
£7,000 - 9,000

Contact Specialist

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Photographs

London Auction 21 November 2023

1
Prince Gyasi
Limitless
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
2
Mous Lamrabat
To the Moon and Back #1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
3
Carlos Idun-Tawiah
What Are Brothers For? from Boys Will Always be Boys
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
4
Evelyn Bencicova
I don’t exist from Artificial Tears
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
5
Adrienne Raquel
Where Dreams Lie from ONYX
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
6
Andrea Torres Balaguer
Hyacinth from Hivernacle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
7
奈良原一高 Ikkō Narahara 
砂漠を走る車の影 Shadow of car driving through desert, Arizona from 消滅した時間 Where Time Has Vanished
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
8
潮田登久子 Tokuko Ushioda
東京都世田谷区 Setagaya, Tokyo from 冷蔵庫／ICE BOX
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
9
Eiji Ohashi
Roadside Lights #145
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
10
Inka & Niclas
4K Ultra HD II (Tropical)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
11
Erik Madigan Heck
Junya Watanabe from Without A Face
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
12
Bastiaan Woudt
Papillon
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
13
Nick Knight
Devon
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
14
This lot is no longer available.
15
Marina Abramović
Cleaning the Floor
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
16
Nobuyoshi Araki
Selected Works from Arakiri
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
17
Nobuyoshi Araki
Selected Works from Arakiri
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
18
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colorscapes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
19
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
20
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
21
Thomas Ruff
h.t.b. 02
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
22
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (spring)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
23
Vik Muniz
La Bacchante, after Gustave Courbet from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,240
24
David LaChapelle
Alexander McQueen & Isabella Blow: Burning Down The House, London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,160
25
Robert Polidori
Vintage Car with Composite Parts, Havana
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
26
Robert Polidori
Salle de L’Afrique, No. 5, Chateau de Versailles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
27
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Muralla from Te dí todos mis sueños
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
28
Pablo López Luz
Vista Aerea de la Ciudad de Mexico XXIV
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
29
Pablo López Luz
Cabo de la Vela I, Colombia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
30
Danila Tkachenko
Restricted Areas Nº 1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
31
Markus Brunetti
Cortegaça, Paróquia de Santa Marinha from FACADES
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
32
Markus Brunetti
Reims, Cathedrale Notre Dame from FACADES
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
33
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Metropolitan Orpheum, Los Angeles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
34
Thomas Struth
Paradise 25, Yuquehy/ Brazil
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £69,850
35
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
36
Ori Gersht
Untitled 12 from Blow Up
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
37
Zanele Muholi
Babhekile II, Oslo from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
38
Zanele Muholi
Thembeka I, New York Upstate from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
39
Lebohang Kganye
Selected Images from Ke Lefa Laka: Her-Story
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
40
Lalla Essaydi
Les Femmes du Maroc, Harem Beauty, no. 27
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
41
Seydou Keïta
Selected Portraits
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
42
Seydou Keïta
Selected Portraits
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
43
Seydou Keïta
Selected Portraits
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
44
Malick Sidibé
Vues de Dos
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
45
Malick Sidibé
Les Deux Amis avec Moto
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
46
Irving Penn
Sitting Nude Rear, New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £107,950
47
Irving Penn
Christian Lacroix, Duchesse Satin Dress, Paris
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
48
Irving Penn
Lipstick Chunks, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
49
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
50
Horst P. Horst
Coco Chanel, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
51
Horst P. Horst
Lisa with Harp, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
52
Peter Lindbergh
Sasha with Bolex, French Vogue, Le Touquet, France
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £41,910
53
Ellen von Unwerth
Sunset Strip II, Naomi Campbell, Los Angeles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,890
54
Ellen von Unwerth
Dog Walkers, Christy Turlington & Linda Evangelista, Cannes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
55
Robert Mapplethorpe
Ken Moody
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £33,020
56
Mark Morrisroe
John Stefanelli in the Bath
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,795
57
Lee Friedlander
Nude (Madonna)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,080
58
Robert Mapplethorpe
Roses
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
59
Peter Hujar
John McClellan with Diana
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
60
Peter Hujar
John Waters
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
61
Irving Penn
Seine Rowboat, France
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,780
62No Reserve
Irving Penn
Pear with Seeds (A), New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £9,525
63No Reserve
Irving Penn
Dried Bananas, New York, May 9
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £2,159
64
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Martine's Legs
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,065
65
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Leonor Fini, Italy
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
66
Horst P. Horst
Lisa on Silk III, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
67
Helmut Newton
Arielle after haircut, 1998
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
68
Helmut Newton
Hollywood Hills
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
69
Helmut Newton
By-Product of an Advertising Sitting
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
70
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
71
Albert Watson
Kate Moss
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
72No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Neith with Shadows, Rear View, Pound Ridge, New York
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £10,160
73
Martin Schoeller
Angelina Jolie with Blood
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
74
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
75
Chris Levine
Lightness of Being
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
76
Larry Sultan
Woman in Curlers, San Fernando from The Valley
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
77
Mona Kuhn
Fatale
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £12,700
78No Reserve
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tokyo
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £2,540
79
Taryn Simon
Cuban Cigars (Prohibited)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,985
80
Julie Blackmon
Trapped
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
81
Albert Watson
Monkey with Gun
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,255
82
Mitch Epstein
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Nevada from American Power
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
83
Nadav Kander
Chongqing VI (Sunday Afternoon), Chongqing Municipality from Yangtze – The Long River
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,445
84No Reserve
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Fields #6, McKittrick, California
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for £5,715
85
Steven Klein
Kate Moss, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,096
86
Steven Klein
Kate Moss, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
87
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,080
88
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
89
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
90
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, Bridgehampton, NY
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,540
91
Steven Klein
Naomi Campbell, Claridge's, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
92
Steven Klein
Claudia Schiffer, Montclair, New Jersey
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
93
Steven Klein
Claudia Schiffer, Montclair, New Jersey
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,048
94
Steven Klein
Claudia Schiffer, Montclair, New Jersey
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
95
Steven Klein
Guinevere van Seenus in Horse Pool
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,048
96
Steven Klein
Mick Jagger, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
97
Steven Klein
Prince, Paisley Park, Minnesota
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,080
98
Steven Klein
David Bowie, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
99
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles from X STaTIC PRO=CeSS
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
100
Steven Klein
Madonna, Hollywood, CA
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £6,096
101
Steven Klein
Gwyneth Paltrow, Long Island
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
102
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt, Palmdale, CA
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
103
Sebastião Salgado
Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay India
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
104
Sebastião Salgado
Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
105
Peter Beard
756 elephants on the TSAVO Border in "STARVO" / for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
106
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
107
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gestapo informer recognized by a woman she had denounced, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
108
Nick Brandt
Line of Rangers, Amboseli
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
109
Peter Beard
Boran Woman, Marsabit Hospital, Kenya
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £10,795
110
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,795
111
Shirin Neshat
I am its secret from Women of Allah
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,620
112
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Tattered Ears, Amboseli
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
113
Nick Brandt
Leopard in Crook of Tree, Nakuru
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
114
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Lioness Against Rock, Serengeti
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
115
Nick Brandt
Buffalo Blind in One Eye Resting, Amboseli
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
116
Sebastião Salgado
Mali
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
117
Sebastião Salgado
Child Worker at the Mata Tea Plantation, Rwanda
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,556
118
Alberto Korda
Guerrillero Heroico (Che Guevara)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000

Photographs

London Auction 21 November 2023

Provenance

Literature

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Larry Sultan

Woman in Curlers, San Fernando from The Valley

Photographs