Sebastião Salgado

Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina

2005
Gelatin silver print, printed 2014.
70 1/2 x 96 1/2 in. (179.1 x 245.1 cm)
Signed, titled 'Argentina' and dated in pencil on the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
$65,000 - 85,000

Sold for $100,000

Contact Specialist
Sarah Krueger
Head of Department, Photographs

Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairman, Americas

General Enquiries:
+1 212 940 1245

Photographs

New York 3 October 2017

230
Andy Warhol
Self-Portrait with Fright Wig
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
231
Richard Pettibone
Helmut Newton, 'Giant and Nude', Paris, 1974
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,250
232
Richard Pettibone
Helmut Newton, 'Le temps des joyaux, French Vogue', 1979
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
233
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,750
234
Helmut Newton
Saddle I, Paris
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
235
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères, France
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
236
Alfred Eisenstaedt
La Scala, Milan
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
237
Lillian Bassman
Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
238
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
El Ensueño (The Daydream), Mexico
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
239
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyde Park, London
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
240
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,000
241
Irving Penn
Butchers, Paris
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
242
Lillian Bassman
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
243
Lillian Bassman
Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
244
Horst P. Horst
Black Corset
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
245
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
246
Helmut Newton
Big Nude VII, Nancy La Scala, Monte-Carlo
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
247
Ernst Haas
Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
248
William Klein
Sandra + Mirror, Times Square, New York (Vogue)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
249
Larry Sultan
Havenhurst Drive from The Valley
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
250
William Klein
Atom Bomb Sky, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
251
Ernst Haas
New York City
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
252
Ray K. Metzker
Blind Man's Bluff
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
253
Burt Glinn
Andy Warhol with Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein, New York City
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
254
Alex Guofeng Cao
Warhol vs. Mao, After Mapplethorpe
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,000
255
Annie Leibovitz
Muhammad Ali, New York
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
256
Harry Callahan
Water's Edge
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
257
Yousuf Karsh
Muhammad Ali
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,000
258
Robert Frank
New York City
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
259
Robert Frank
Chicago
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
260
René Burri
In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
261
Danny Lyon
The Arrest of Taylor Washington, Leb's Restaurant, Atlanta
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $3,750
262
Elliott Erwitt
Jacqueline Kennedy, Arlington, Virginia
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,250
263
Elliott Erwitt
Nikita Khrushchev & Richard Nixon, Moscow, USSR
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $2,750
264
Elliott Erwitt
Alabama
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
265
Lee Friedlander
New Orleans
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
266
Garry Winogrand
Los Angeles
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
267
Danny Lyon
The Stoplight Café, Cicero
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
268
Robert Frank
Trolley, New Orleans
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
269
Robert Frank
Chicago-Political Rally
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
270
Robert Frank
US 285, New Mexico
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
271
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flowers in Vase
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
272
Robert Mapplethorpe
Thomas
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $52,500
273
Robert Mapplethorpe
Orchids
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,000
274
Robert Mapplethorpe
Shell and Crystal
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
275
Robert Mapplethorpe
NYC Contemporary Ballet
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
276
Robert Mapplethorpe
Wheat
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
277
Eliot Porter
Intimate Landscapes
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $18,750
278
Alec Soth
Untitled 49, Bogotá
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
279
Eliot Porter
In Wildness
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $17,500
280
Steve McCurry
Taj and Train, Agra, India
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
281
Robert Polidori
Façades, El Malecón, Havana, Cuba, No. 1, December
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
282
Ansel Adams
Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, Yosemite National Park, California
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
283
Alfred Stieglitz
Selected Images
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
284
Edward Steichen
Moonlight: The Pond
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
285
Berenice Abbott
Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
286
August Sander
Handlanger (Bricklayer)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
287
Lewis Wickes Hine
Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $68,750
288
Diane Arbus
Albino Sword Swallower at a Carnival, MD.
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
289
Harry Callahan
Chicago (multiple exposure of women walking)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
290
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $137,500
291
Nicholas Nixon
Selected Images of the Brown Sisters
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,500
292
Sally Mann
The New Mothers
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $75,000
293
Edward Weston
Juniper, Sierra Nevada
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
294
Edward Weston
Nude
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
295
Edward Weston
Charis
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
296
Constantin Brancusi
La Colonne du Baiser, Fragment (View from the studio)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
297
Man Ray
Nude with Raised Arm
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
298
Irving Penn
Sculptor's Model, Paris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
299
Man Ray
Lise Deharme en 'La Dame de Pique'
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,500
300
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
Nude with Head Sculpture
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $70,000
301
Man Ray
Rayograph
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $300,000
302
Frederick Sommer
Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
303
Ansel Adams
Merced River, Cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, California
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
304
Ruth Bernhard
Spanish Dancer
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
305
Ruth Bernhard
Perspective II
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,625
306
Ansel Adams
Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In Memory of Russell Varian
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
307
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Time Exposed
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
308
Daidō Moriyama
Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $12,500
309
Robert Mapplethorpe
Irises
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
310
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 2: Portraits
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
311
Irving Penn
Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
312
Irving Penn
Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
313
Irving Penn
Colette, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
314
Irving Penn
Mascara Wars, New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $93,750
315
Robert Polidori
Citicorp Building #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
316
Ruth Orkin
Plaza and Baseball in Central Park
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,250
317
Irving Penn
Still Life with Triangle and Red Eraser, New York
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
318
Louise Lawler
Red, Yellow and Black
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
319
Louise Lawler
Diamonds
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
320
Christopher Williams
Velosolex 2200 Nr. 2 (Front, Side, Back)/ Serial Number 3128819/ Moteur antiparasité/ Date of Production 1964/ (From the collection of Hanh Dam)/ Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California. August xxxx
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
321
Louise Lawler
Something About Time and Space But I’m Not Sure What It Is (One) Life Saver
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
322
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,875
323
Loretta Lux
Hidden Rooms 1 and Hidden Rooms 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
324
Loretta Lux
Study of Boy 1 and Study of Boy 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625
325
Albert Watson
Monkey with Masks, New York City
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
326
Marina Abramović
Portrait with Firewood
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
327
Vanessa Beecroft
VB52, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
328
Vik Muniz
The Best of LIFE—Portfolio
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
329
Vik Muniz
White Flag, after Jasper Johns from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
330
Valérie Belin
Untitled #03010911 from Mannequins
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
331
Adam Fuss
From the series 'My Ghost'
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
332
Adam Fuss
Untitled (Blue snake)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
333
Christian Marclay
Untitled (Luciano Pavarotti, Halo and Four Mix Tapes II)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $102,500
334
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
335
Gavin Bond
Pom Poms from Backstage Volume I
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,375
336
Vik Muniz
Monica Vitti from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
337
Elger Esser
Foci del Po, Italien
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
338
Candida Höfer
Nationalbibliothek Wien I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
339
Candida Höfer
Teatro alla Scala Milano II
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $62,500
340
Thomas Struth
Pergamon Museum IV, Berlin
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
341
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #24, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
342
Michael Eastman
Deco Stairwell, Havana
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
343
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #7, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
344
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
345
Nick Brandt
Lioness with Cub in Mouth, Amboseli
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
346
Sebastião Salgado
Fishing in the Piulaga Laguna during the Kuarup ceremony of the Waura Group, Upper Xingu Basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,000
347
Edward Burtynsky
Silver Lake Operations #12, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
348
Peter Beard
Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $85,000
349
Pieter Hugo
Mummy Ahmadu and Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Abuja, Nigeria
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
350
Irving Penn
Two Women in Black with Bread, Morocco
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
351
Irving Penn
Sitting Enga New Guinea Woman
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
352
Sebastião Salgado
Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina
Estimate $65,000 - 85,000
Sold for $100,000
353
Peter Beard
Two Cheetahs hunting for the End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
354
Peter Beard
Waterbuck Family on the Uaso Nyiro
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $17,500
355
Peter Beard
Lion Pride at Ndutu/Southern Serengeti for the End of the Game
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,000
356
Peter Beard
Giraffes in Mirage on the Tara Desert Kenya for the End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
357
Peter Beard
Cheetah Cubs in Mweiga in Nyeri for the End of the Game
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
358
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Tattered Ears, Amboseli
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $31,250
359
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
360
Sebastião Salgado
Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
361
Sebastião Salgado
The first day of installation of the camp of Benako for the Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu refugees, Tanzania
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
362
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
363
Steve McCurry
India
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000

Photographs

New York 3 October 2017

Provenance

Literature

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Sebastião Salgado

Southern Right Whale, Navigating in the Golfo Nuevo, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina

Photographs