Provenance
Beetles+Huxley, London
Literature
National Geographic, Vol. 167, No. 6, June 1985, cover
Looking East: Portraits by Steve McCurry, London: Phaidon, 2006, p. 28
S. McCurry, South Southeast, London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 137
S. McCurry, Portraits, London: Phaidon, 2002, cover, n.p.

97

Steve McCurry

Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan

1984
Chromogenic print, mounted, printed later.
54 x 36 cm (21 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Signed in ink, printed title and date on artist labels affixed to the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000

Sold for £13,860

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Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021

1
Myoung Ho Lee
Tree #2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
2
Naoya Hatakeyama
Untitled/Osaka
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
3
Thierry Cohen
New York 40° 42’ 16’’ N 2010-10-09 LST 3:40 from Darkened Cities
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
4
Sohei Nishino
Diorama Map London
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £60,480
5
David Goldblatt
Shop assistant, Orlando West, Soweto
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
6
David Goldblatt
Miriam Diale in her bedroom, 5357 Orlando East, Soweto
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
7
Saul Leiter
Snow
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
8
Fernell Franco
Interiores
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
9
Tania Franco Klein
Plane (Self-portrait) from Proceed To The Route
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
10
Lucia Fainzilber
Untitled 31 from Somewear
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £11,970
11
Peter Beard
Francis Bacon on his roof at 80 Narrow Street, London (soon to be lost gambling), during the dead elephant interviews, March
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,800
12
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, Broadway/Houston Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
13
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, Broadway/Spring Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,080
14
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, 25 East 4th Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
15
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Tower, New York City, 548 West 22nd Street
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
16
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Fiesta Drive-in, Pico Rivera
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
17
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tyrrhenian Sea, Amalfi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
18
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Time Exposed
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £23,940
19
Amanda Means
Light Bulb 00031C
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £19,530
20
Wolfgang Tillmans
Transient 3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
21
Steve McQueen
More
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,680
22
Zanele Muholi
Babhekile II, Oslo from Somnyama Ngonyama
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,160
23
Pieter Hugo
The Hyena Men of Abuja, Lagos, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,200
24
Peter Beard
Lion Pride near Ndutu, Southern Serengeti – with Richard Bell
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
25
Karen Knorr
The Gatekeeper, Zanana, Samode Palace from India Song
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
26
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Facade, Michigan Central Station, Detroit, USA from The Ruins of Detroit
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
27
Thomas Struth
Zhejiang Zhong Lu, Shanghai
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
28
Candida Höfer
Le Sénat de Paris VII
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,970
29No Reserve
Loretta Lux
Troll 1
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,764
30
Loretta Lux
The Walk
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,930
31
Wolfgang Tillmans
Santa Marta
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
32
Wolfgang Tillmans
Kleine Welle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,560
33
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Fields #13, Taft, California
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,048
34
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Fields #3, McKittrick, California
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,040
35
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #10a & #10b, Cankun Factory, Xiamen City, China
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,900
36
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled, Summer
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £52,920
37
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
38
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brent Booth; 21 years old; Des Moines, Iowa; $30
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
39
Tina Barney
The Reception
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
40
Diane Arbus
Woman with a locket in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,780
41
Diane Arbus
Girl with a cigar in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
42
Diane Arbus
Untitled (8)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
43
This lot is no longer available.
44
Richard Avedon
William Casby, Born in Slavery, Algiers, Louisiana, 24 March
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £37,800
45
Lisette Model
Running Legs, 42nd Street, N.Y.C.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
46
Sally Mann
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
47
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
48
Robert Mapplethorpe
Raymond
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £7,560
49
William Klein
Blurred squares, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
50
William Klein
Turning black egg, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
51
William Klein
Gun 1, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
52
William Klein
Dolores wants a taxi, New York (Vogue)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,860
53
Horst P. Horst
Lisa on Silk III, New York
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
54
Horst P. Horst
Nina de Voogh, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
55
Horst P. Horst
Lillian Marcuson, New York
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
56
Horst P. Horst
Lisa with Turban, New York
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
57
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
58
Eve Arnold
Marilyn Monroe, Chicago Airport
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
59
Ormond Gigli
Girl in Light, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,040
60
Melvin Sokolsky
Simone, Bubble, Seine, Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
61
Helmut Newton
Jenny in my Apartment, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
62
Helmut Newton
Cyberwoman 1, 3, 5, 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
63
Helmut Newton
Arielle after haircut
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
64
Helmut Newton
Sylvia reclining inside the house, Brescia, Italy, (Dressed and Naked)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,320
65
Helmut Newton
Yves St. Laurent, Rue Aubriot, French Vogue, Paris
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,880
66
Richard Avedon
Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,800
67
Michael Dweck
Surf's Up 1, Montauk, NY
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
68
Peter Lindbergh
Estelle Lefébure, Karen Alexander, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, Vogue USA, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,680
69
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
70
Mario Testino
Brouwersgracht, Amsterdam, L'Uomo Vogue
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
71
David LaChapelle
Angelina Jolie In Poppy Field
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
72
Michel Comte
Helena Christensen III, Safe Sex Campaign
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
73
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
74
Mike Figgis
Kate Moss Descending
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,190
75
Anton Corbijn
Kate
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £15,120
76
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles from X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,292
77
Lee Friedlander
Nude (Madonna)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
78No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Nicole Kidman, Culver City
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £6,300
79No Reserve
Herb Ritts
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, Malibu
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £5,670
80No Reserve
Ellen von Unwerth
Untitled from Revenge
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £693
81
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,024
82
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyères, France
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,380
83
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alicante, Spain
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,560
84No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,150
85
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Nöel (Happy-Club)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £27,720
86
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
87
Josef Koudelka
Jarabina
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
88
Masahisa Fukase
Kanazawa from Ravens
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,120
89
Masahisa Fukase
Sasuke!! My Dear Cat
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,780
90
Sally Mann
Deep South #45
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
91
Stephen Shore
El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas, July 5, 1975
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,340
92
William Eggleston
Untitled (Huntsville, Alabama)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
93
Lee Friedlander
Florida
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £7,560
94
Lee Friedlander
Nashville
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £5,670
95
Lee Friedlander
Galax, Virginia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
Sold for £3,528
96
Lee Friedlander
New York City
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 †
97
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,860
98
Chris Levine
Equanimity 9
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £17,640
99
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
100
John Stewart
Ali Fist, Chicago
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,120
101
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm, Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
102
Nick Brandt
Elephants Walking Through Grass, Amboseli
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
103
Nick Brandt
Zebra on Lake, Ngorongoro Crater
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
104
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Psygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
105
Sebastião Salgado
The Refugee Camp of Korem, Ethiopia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
106
Sebastião Salgado
Ecuador
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,410
107
Sebastião Salgado
Tanzania
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
108
Sebastião Salgado
Namibia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
109
Nick Brandt
Hippos on the Mara River, Maasai Mara
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,450
110
Nick Brandt
Giraffes with Dust Devil, Amboseli
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
111
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Old Chimp with Hand II, Mahale
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,520
112
Roger Ballen
Ritual
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
113No Reserve
Edward Weston
Tina on the Azotea
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £3,024
114
Willy Ronis
Lac du Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,024
115
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,930
116
Elliott Erwitt
Yokohama, Japan (2 dogs in goggles)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
117No Reserve
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,772
118
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,268
119No Reserve
Slim Aarons
The Marlboroughs
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £10,584
120No Reserve
Slim Aarons
Children at Mrs William de Rham's Dancing Class held at the River Club, New York
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £756

Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021

Provenance

Literature

97

Steve McCurry

Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan

Photographs