René Burri

In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1960
Gelatin silver print, printed 2001.
40.8 x 27.7 cm (16 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 ‡

Sold for £8,750

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Photographs

London Auction 2 November 2017

1
Paz Errázuriz
Evelyn, Santiago from Adam’s Apple
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
2
Fernell Franco
Prostitutas
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
3
Adriana Lestido
Estela from Mujeres presas
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
4
Graciela Iturbide
Novia Muerte, Chalma, Mexico
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,625
5
Facundo de Zuviría
La Tregua from Siesta Argentina
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £4,375
6
Vladimir Sersa
Letreros que se ven
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,125
7
Gertjan Bartelsman
No title (Men in bar)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,125
8
Sergio Trujillo
Muros Colombianos
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
9
Jorge Ortiz
Boquerón
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
10
Jorge Ortiz
Cables
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
11
Pablo López Luz
Vista Aérea de la Ciudad de Mexico XIII from Terrazo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
12
Graciela Sacco
M² Infinite: How much is a square meter of waiting?
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
13
Daidō Moriyama
How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
14
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
15
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colourscapes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £30,000
16
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colourscapes
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,875
17
Sohei Nishino
Shanghai from Diorama Map
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
18
Idris Khan
every...Nicholas Nixon's Brown Sisters
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
19
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm I, Maasai Mara
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
20
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 £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
21
Joel Sternfeld
Looking Northwest from 29th Street, June 2000
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
22
Alec Soth
Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home, Dyess, Arkansas
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
23
Alec Soth
Helena, Arkansas
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
24
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
25
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
26
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
27
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
28
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lily
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
29
Irving Penn
Dior Fur Scarf (Jean Patchett), New York
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £42,500
30
Irving Penn
Single Oriental Poppy, New York
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
31
Candida Höfer
Biblioteca UNED Madrid III
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
32
Axel Hütte
Kakadu National Park I, Australia
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
33
Thomas Ruff
Sterne 18h 22m/-60°
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
34
Ruud van Empel
Theatre #7
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
35
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors XII
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
36
Guido Mocafico
Naja Melanoleuca from Serpens
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £45,000
37
Helena Almeida
Ponto de Fuga (Vanishing Point)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
38
Laurie Simmons
Walking Purse
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
39
Anne Collier
Eye (Enlargement of Color Negative)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
40
Marina Abramović
Self Portrait with Skull
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
41
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup) from Kitchen Table Series
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
42
Alex Prager
Crowd #3 (Pelican Beach)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
43
Kourtney Roy
California 4
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
44
Michael Reisch
Landscape 10/005
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
45
John Stewart
Muhammad Ali, "Fist & Arm", Chicago
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
46
Danila Tkachenko
Restricted Areas
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
47
Michael Dweck
Triple Gidget from Sculptural Forms
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £57,500
48
Steven Meisel
CK One, New York City
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
49
David Sims
Kate
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £25,000
50
Bruce Weber
Carré Otis, San Francisco, California
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
51
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
52
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
53
Helmut Newton
Monte Carlo
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
54
Herb Ritts
Wrestling Torsos, Hollywood
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,375
55
Paolo Roversi
Natalia, Paris, Studio 9 rue Paul Fort
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
56
Patrick Demarchelier
Gisele
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
57
Glen Luchford
Kate Moss, New York, for Harper's Bazaar
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
58
Peter Lindbergh
Helena Christensen, Italian Vogue, El Mirage, California
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
59
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Noël (Happy-Club)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £15,000
60
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (Odalisque)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,875
61
Seydou Keïta
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,000
62
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
La Buena Fama Durmiendo (The Good Reputation Sleeping)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
63
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
64
René Burri
In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
65
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Un Cuarto Para Las Doce (A Quarter Past Twelve)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
66
René Burri
Leonforte, Sicily, Italy
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
67
Marc Riboud
Antiquary Windows, Beijing, China
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
68
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
69
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
70
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Queen Charlotte’s Ball, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
71
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
72
William Klein
Hat + 5 Roses, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
73
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
74
Horst P. Horst
Barefoot Beauty
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
75
Joseph Szabo
Adrienne
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
76
Joseph Szabo
Priscilla
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
Sold for £6,000
77
Sally Mann
Vinland
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
78
Louis Faurer
Viva, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
79
Louis Faurer
Park Ave. Garage at Hotel Marguery, New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,875
80
Louis Faurer
Market Street, Philadelphia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
81
Elliott Erwitt
California
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
82No Reserve
William Klein
Selwyn, 42nd Street, New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •‡♠
Sold for £2,125
83
Neil Leifer
Aerial of Muhammad Ali victorious after his round two knockdown of Cleveland Williams during the 1966 World Heavyweight Title fight at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, November 14
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
84
John Dominis
Steve McQueen aims a pistol in his living room, California
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
85
William Claxton
Steve McQueen, Columbus, Texas
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
86
Mona Kuhn
Fatale
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
87
Hannah Starkey
December
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £2,500
88
Bill Henson
Untitled (CB JPC SH121 N1A)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,000
89
Alex Prager
3:14 pm, Pacific Ocean
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
90
Alex Prager
4:01 pm, Sun Valley
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
91
Chris Killip
Crabs and People, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
92
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
93
Sebastião Salgado
Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The Sandwich Islands
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
94
Martin Parr
Common Sense
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
95
Martin Parr
The Phone Book
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,250
96
Peter Beard
Peter Beard
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
97
David LaChapelle
Amanda Lepore: Addicted to Diamonds, New York
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £14,375

Photographs

London Auction 2 November 2017

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René Burri

In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Photographs