Provenance
Michael Klein Inc., New York
Literature
Winzen, Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present, pp. 180-183
Catalogue Essay
The photographs included in this lot are as follows:

Porträt, M. Huckert, 1983 [man with glasses]
Porträt, M. van Ofen, 1984 [man with tie]
Porträt, W. Kütz, 1985 [man in profile]
Porträt, D. Lennartz, 1985 [man looking to the left]
Porträt, F. Müller, 1985 [man in ruffled shirt]

71

Thomas Ruff

Porträts (Portraits)

1983-1985
Five chromogenic prints.
Each 9 1/2 x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $8,255

Contact Specialist

Sarah Krueger
Head of Department, Photographs
skrueger@phillips.com

Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs and Chairwoman, Americas
vhallett@phillips.com

Photographs

New York Auction 4 April 2023

1
Sharon Core
Boston Creams, 1962
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,780
2
Sharon Core
Candy Counter, 1963
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
3
Mitch Epstein
Untitled, New York City
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
4
Vik Muniz
Apples, Peaches, Pears and Grapes, After Cezanne from Pictures of Magazines
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
5
Sharon Core
Early American, Still Life with Vegetables
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,826
6
Vik Muniz
Fairy Roses, after Fantin-Latour from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
7
Anne Collier
Developing Tray #1 (White)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,800
8
Christopher Williams
Fachhochschule Aachen, Fachbereich Gestaltung, Studiengang: Visuelle Kommunikation, Fotolabor für Studenten, Boxgraden 100, Aachen November 8th, 2010
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $35,560
9
Christopher Williams
Rina, Jabon De Lavar "Lava, Limpia, Dura Mas," 200 gr., Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles, California, November 8, 2004
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
10
Richard Pettibone
Untitled (Nikon)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
11
Richard Pettibone
Helmut Newton, Le temps des joyaux - French Vogue, Dec. 1979
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
12
Helmut Newton
Woman being filmed, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
13
Helmut Newton
Viviane F., Hotel Volney
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,700
14
Helmut Newton
Model and Meccano Set, Paris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
15
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flower
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,960
16
Robert Mapplethorpe
Rose
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
17
Robert Mapplethorpe
Sleeping Cupid
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
18
Robert Mapplethorpe
Man in Polyester Suit
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $355,600
19No Reserve
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $12,700
20No Reserve
Robert Mapplethorpe
Andreas Cahling
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $6,985
21
Mark Morrisroe
Untitled (double self portrait in drag)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
22
Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulip
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,780
23
Robert Mapplethorpe
Flower
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
24
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lily
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,860
25
Lynn Davis
Iceberg 31, Disko Bay, Greenland
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
26
Robert Adams
North of Keota, Colorado
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,240
27
Robert Adams
Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,970
28
Robert Adams
Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
29
Robert Adams
Broken trees near Box Springs Mtns., east of Riverside, California
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
30
Robert Adams
Near Pendleton, Oregon
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,400
31
Irving Penn
Crossing the River Styx (B), New York, Aug 5
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $24,130
32
Pierre Molinier
Le chaman
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
33
Pierre-Louis Pierson
The Comtesse Castiglione, "J'y vais?"
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
34
Pierre-Louis Pierson
Diptych: Studies of the Comtesse Castiglione
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $8,636
35
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
Night at the Apollo
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,445
36
Bruce Bernard
Leigh Bowery and Nicola Bateman Posing for 'And the Husband' 1
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,032
37
Alfred Le Petit
Self portrait in the nude
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
38
Various Photographers
Selected Astronomical Studies
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $5,080
39
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel
Selected Montages Showing Ice Formations in the Arctic
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
40
Wolfgang Tillmans
starstruck #2
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $40,640
41
Wolfgang Tillmans
Lutz, plastic trousers
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
42
Peter Hujar
City Hall at Night
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
43
Bruce Davidson
East 100th Street, New York (facades)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
44
Bruce Davidson
East 100th Street, New York (girl on fire escape)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
45
Bruce Davidson
Brooklyn Gang (gang members on bus)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
46
Bruce Davidson
Brooklyn Gang (gang members on street)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
49
Christian Marclay
Hot August Night
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
50
Nan Goldin
Greer and Robert on the bed, New York City
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $35,560
51
Nan Goldin
Nan after being battered
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $30,480
53
Nan Goldin
Ryan in the tub, Provincetown, Mass.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
54No Reserve
Robert Mapplethorpe
Television
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $30,480
55
Nan Goldin
My Red Shelf, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
56
Sally Mann
Night Blooming Cereus
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $24,130
57
Sally Mann
Untitled #16 (Mississippi) from Deep South
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,480
58
Sally Mann
Fallen Child
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,160
59
Sally Mann
Untitled (Virginia), from Mother Land
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
60
Sally Mann
Hayhook
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
61
Judith Joy Ross
Untitled from Easton Portraits
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $6,096
62
Sally Mann
John's Pond
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
64
Sally Mann
Arundo Donax
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,795
65
Zanele Muholi
Buhlalu I, The Decks, Cape Town
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $31,750
66
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Momme (floral comforter) from Notion of Family
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $25,400
67
Youssef Nabil
Amani by Window, Cairo
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
68
Thomas Ruff
Porträt (T. Djordjadze)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
69
Thomas Struth
Paradise 24, Sao Francisco de Xavier, Brazil
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
70
Thomas Ruff
Substrat 35 I
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,800
71
Thomas Ruff
Porträts (Portraits)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,255
73
Thomas Ruff
Sterne 16H 08M/-25°
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,320
74
Wolfgang Tillmans
(i) Concorde L 432-8, (ii) Concorde L449-12, (iii) Concorde L433-1
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,560
75
Sophie Calle
The Shadow (La Filature)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $53,340
76
Thomas Struth
Kyoto
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
77
Sohei Nishino
Diorama Map New York
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
78
Vik Muniz
Orphan Girl at the Cemetery, after Delacroix from Gordian Puzzles
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
79
Candida Höfer
Palais Garnier Paris XXXIII
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $33,020
80
Candida Höfer
Bibliothèque Nationale de France Paris (a)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
81
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #546
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $355,600
82
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $33,020
83
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
84
Richard Misrach
Untitled (#806-04)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
85
Edward Burtynsky
Rice Terraces #4, Western Yunnan Province, China
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
86
Edward Burtynsky
Ölfusá River #1, Iceland
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $53,340
87
Peter Beard
Elephants Memory, Marsabit, Kenya N.F.D.
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,950
88
Peter Beard
Giraffes in mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
89
Nick Brandt
Giraffes Battling in Forest, Maasai Mara
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
90
Peter Beard
The Singing Rhino - Kenya, June
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
91
Peter Beard
Impala
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
92
Peter Beard
Turkana Totes on Fergusons Golf Spit
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
93
Nick Brandt
Lion Before Storm II, Sitting Profile, Maasai Mara
Estimate $22,000 - 28,000
Sold for $30,480
94
Nick Brandt
Wildebeest Arc, Maasai Mara
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
95
Olafur Eliasson
Untitled (Iceland)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $12,700
96
Florian Maier-Aichen
Der Watzmann
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
97
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
98
Ryan McGinley
Sugar
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
99
Wolfgang Tillmans
Seven works: (i) paper wrapped II (ii) Cornel, Zurich (iii) Damon, shower, head up (iv) sportflecken (v) after party. (vi) Faltenwurf (broom stick) (vii) Olli's arm, wide
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $53,340
100
Wolfgang Tillmans
kneeling nude
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,240
101
Wolfgang Tillmans
trashed flat - corridor
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
102
Nobuyoshi Araki
Yakuza
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,480
103No Reserve
Nobuyoshi Araki
Shikijo (Sexual Desire) II
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $4,064
104
Wolfgang Tillmans
Banja II
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
105
Ryan McGinley
Watkins Glen
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
106
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Kurt Cobain)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $13,970
107
Douglas Gordon
White Blind Dean from Hollywood Blind Star series
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $4,445
108
Christopher Williams
Model: 1964 Renault Dauphine-Four, R-1095, Body Type And Seating: 4-DR Sedan-4 to 5 persons, Engine Type: 14/52, Weight: 1397 lbs., Price:$1495,00, USD (original)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,590
109
Christopher Williams
Brochure for Dacia 1300I, Dacia 1300 . . . Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California August 5, 2005
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
110No Reserve
Catherine Opie
Sheats-Goldstein #4 (The Modernist)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,286
111
Massimo Vitali
Cabo Frio Cocos (#1696)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $35,560
112
Vik Muniz
Mass from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
113No Reserve
Marilyn Minter
Double Bubble
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $10,795
114
Marilyn Minter
Chewing Green
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
115No Reserve
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Los Angeles
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $8,255
116
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
117No Reserve
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tokyo
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $13,970
118No Reserve
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Head #11
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $6,350
119
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Joe Reeves; 37 years old; San Fernando, California; $40
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,795
120
Alex Prager
Marilyn from Week End
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
121
Alex Prager
10:58 AM, Bunker Hill, from Compulsion
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
122
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Escape Artist (Red)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
123
Various Photographers
Elton John AIDS Foundation Photography Portfolio I
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
124
Massimo Vitali
Bagni Lido (#1463)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
125
Massimo Vitali
Animaletti 1 (#2024)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,700
126
Loretta Lux
The Rose Garden
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,715
127
Ruud van Empel
Moon #5
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
128
Ruud van Empel
Moon #6
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
129
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
130
Nick Brandt
Elephant With Tattered Ears, Amboseli
Estimate $22,000 - 28,000
Sold for $25,400
131
Nick Brandt
Lion Under Leaning Tree, Maasai Mara
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
132
Sebastião Salgado
Fireball, Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,700
133
Sebastião Salgado
Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
134
Sebastião Salgado
Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
135
David Goldblatt
Farmhouse Grassdae near Molteno, Eastern Cape from Intersections
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
136
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
137
Shirin Neshat
Passage
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
138
Masao Yamamoto
Kawa = Flow #1639
Estimate $700 - 900
Sold for $1,080
139
Susan Derges
The River Taw (New Moon Ivy), Oct. 20
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
140
John Chiara
Grand View: Park Row: Angels Point, from the Los Angeles Project
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
141
James Welling
001+7+A
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
142
Alec Soth
A-1 Motel
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
143
Alec Soth
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $5,080
144
Clifford Ross
Mountain XII
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
145
Darren Almond
Fullmoon@CalifornianOaks
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
146
Darren Almond
Fullmoon@PoisonGlen
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
147No Reserve
Todd Hido
#1951-a, Pacifica, CA, from House Hunting
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $4,826
148No Reserve
Todd Hido
#1941, San Francisco, CA, from House Hunting
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $6,350
149
Alec Soth
Sugar's, Davenport, Iowa
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,160
150
Alec Soth
The Reverend and Margaret's bedroom, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
151
Alec Soth
Mother and Daughter, St. Paul, Minnesota
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
152
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
153
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
154
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
155
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alicante, Spain
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
156
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Ahmedabad, India
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
157
Henri Cartier-Bresson
On the Banks of the Marne, France
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
158
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy, Florence, Italy
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,240
159
Édouard Boubat
Lella, Bretagne
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
160No Reserve
John Gutmann
Sailor Girl Tattoo
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $3,810
161
Gordon Parks
Emerging Man, Harlem, New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
162
Saul Leiter
Snow
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,065
163
André Kertész
Washington Square
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
164
Berenice Abbott
Gasoline Station
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $17,780
165
Berenice Abbott
Vista: Thames Street, No. 22
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
166
Berenice Abbott
Snuff Shop
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
167
Margaret Bourke-White
Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $127,000
168
Walker Evans
West Street, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,525
169
Walker Evans
Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $31,750
170
Sherrie Levine
After Walker Evans
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,255
171
Sherrie Levine
After Walker Evans
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
172
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Doctor and Nurse)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
173No Reserve
Malick Sidibé
Les très bons Amis dans la même Tenue, nuit du 3 juin (Very Good Friends in the Same Outfit)
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800 •
Sold for $4,445
174
George Hoyningen-Huene
Divers, Horst with Model, Paris
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
175
Norman Parkinson
Le Touquet
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
176
Irving Penn
Three-Tiered Vessel, New York, June 12
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,480
177
Irving Penn
Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $355,600
178
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,480
179
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
180
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Madonna)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
181No Reserve
Laurie Simmons
Untitled #2
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for $3,302
182
Chris Von Wangenheim
Lisa Taylor, Christian Dior
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,780
183
Sante D'Orazio
Christy Turlington, Panoramic View Hotel, Montauk
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $44,450
184
Steven Klein
Natalia Vodianova, New York City
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
185
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Stylized Sculpture 054 (Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli, 1947)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $38,100
186
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Under the WTC)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,320
187
Sherrie Levine
Postcard Collage #7: 1-12
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,510
188
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #132
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $127,000
189
Laurie Simmons
The Long House (Red Bathroom)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
190
Laurie Simmons
The Instant Decorator (Yellow Bathroom)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,525
191
Slim Aarons
Poolside Pairs
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,780
192
Flip Schulke
Ali Underwater
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
193
Diane Arbus
Laughing Woman in a Feather Mask, N.Y.C.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
194
Diane Arbus
Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N.Y.C.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
195
Ernst Haas
Yellow Balloon, New Orleans
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,540
196
Diane Arbus
The Junior Interstate Ballroom Dance Champions, Yonkers, N.Y.
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
197
Diane Arbus
Woman with Parcels, N.Y.C.
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
198
Robert Frank
Mary, Pablo, Andrea, Texas
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
199
Kenneth Josephson
Illinois
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $1,524
200
Diane Arbus
Untitled (14)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,255
201
Emmet Gowin
Edith and Rennie Booher, Danville, Virginia
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,905
202
Emmet Gowin
Garden, Siena, Italy; Poggibonzi, Italy
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
203
Ansel Adams
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $381,000
204No Reserve
Paul Caponigro
Rock Wall #2, West Hartford, Connecticut
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,905
205No Reserve
Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled (cube above water)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,905
206
Walker Evans
Posed Portraits, New York
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $19,050
207
Walker Evans
Subway Portrait (man with glasses and mustache)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
208No Reserve
Walker Evans
Billboard, Birmingham, Alabama
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,096
209
Diane Arbus
Identical twins, Roselle, N.J.
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $215,900
210No Reserve
Diane Arbus
Young man on a sofa, N.Y.C.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $15,240
211
Diane Arbus
A family one evening in a nudist camp, Pa.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,400
212No Reserve
Diane Arbus
Marcella and Leslie Matthaei standing in front of a window
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $4,445
213
Garry Winogrand
World's Fair, New York City
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $40,640
214No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Seville
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $7,620
215No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Salerno, Italy
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $9,525
216No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $10,795
217No Reserve
August Sander
Gymnasiast (High School Student), Cologne
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $6,985
218No Reserve
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
A Monastic Brothel, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $4,826
219No Reserve
Mario Giacomelli
Scanno, paese d'Abruzzo
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $5,334
220No Reserve
Josef Koudelka
Spain
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $7,620
221No Reserve
Edward Steichen
Clarence H. White
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,540
222
Edward Steichen
Backbone and Ribs of a Sunflower
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
223
Edward Steichen
Steichen (The Steichen Book)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $53,340
224
Ansel Adams
Selected Portraits of Alfred Stieglitz at An American Place, New York City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,620
225No Reserve
Eugène Atget
Selected Images of Paris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $3,556
226No Reserve
Eugène Atget
20 Photographs by Eugène Atget, 1856-1927
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $8,890
227No Reserve
William Bell & Lybrand Clayton
Father and Daughter by a Window
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,286
228No Reserve
William Southgate Porter
Study of a Sculpted Bust of a Woman
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for $3,556
229No Reserve
Minor White
Two Barns and Shadow
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $10,795
230No Reserve
Edward Weston
Cypress -- Point Lobos, California
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $3,048
231No Reserve
Edward Weston
Nude, Santa Monica
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $8,890
232No Reserve
Harry Callahan
Eleanor
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $3,048
233No Reserve
Harry Callahan
Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $5,715
234No Reserve
Brett Weston
Garrapata Beach, California
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,794
235No Reserve
Frederick Sommer
Giant
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $4,445
236No Reserve
Frederick Sommer
Circumnavigation of the Blood
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $5,842
237No Reserve
Robert Heinecken
Selected Images
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $3,810
238No Reserve
William Larson
Shorthand Exersize and Small Face, 7:08 p.m.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $572
239No Reserve
Aaron Siskind
75th Anniversary Portfolio
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $5,715
240No Reserve
Elliott Erwitt
A Portfolio of Ten Photographs
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $15,240
241
Carleton Watkins
Islands in the Columbia, Upper Cascades
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
242
Carleton Watkins
City of Portland, Willamette River, Oregon
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
243
Carleton Watkins
Willamette Falls, Oregon City
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
244
William Christenberry
Fields House, Hale County, Alabama
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,651
245
William Christenberry
Selected Images
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
246
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,960
247
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
248
William Eggleston
Untitled (gas station, Sumter, Georgia)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
249
Lewis Baltz
South wall, Mazda Motors, 2121 East Main Street, Irvine from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
250
Ray K. Metzker
Pictus Interruptus: Mykonos, Greece
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
251No Reserve
Nicholas Nixon
View of the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Boston; View of terminal area, Logan Airport, Boston
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,270
252
Lois Conner
Selected Images
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,143
253
Bruce Weber
Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,064
254
Minor White
Selected Nature Studies
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
255
Minor White
Selected Images of Point Lobos
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
256
Minor White
Tree and Canyon
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
257
Minor White
Found Sculpture (San Rafael Desert, Utah)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
258
Ansel Adams
Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, California
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $24,130
259
Ansel Adams
Leaves, Mills College
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $254,000
260
Ansel Adams
Tar Paper with Nails, Near Mora, New Mexico
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
261
Ansel Adams
Shore near Timber Cove
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
262
Ansel Adams
Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,890
263
Ansel Adams
Sierra Nevada, Winter Evening, from the Owens Valley, California
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,160
264
Ansel Adams
Eucalyptus Tree, Fence, Fort Ross
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
265
Harry Callahan
Suite of 10 Photographs from The Photographer and the American Landscape
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
266
Brett Weston
Holland Canal
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
267
Edward Weston
New Orleans, Cemetery
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
268
André Kertész
The Circus, Budapest
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
269
William Klein
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
270
Elliott Erwitt
Colorado
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
271
Andreas Feininger
Downtown Manhattan
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
272
Robert Doisneau
La Baguette Parisienne
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,905
273
Josef Koudelka
France
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
274
Josef Koudelka
Guadix, Grenada, Andalucía, Spain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,700
275
Josef Koudelka
Velka Lomnica (Gypsy Couple)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
276
Josef Koudelka
Dunkerque - Digue
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
277
Irving Penn
Cuzco Children
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $95,250
278
André Kertész
Chairs in the American Library, Paris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
279
André Kertész
Meudon, France
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
280
André Kertész
Ballet, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
281
Charles Jones
Selected Studies of Vegetables
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
282
Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,334
283
Jaromír Funke
Eye from Time Persists
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $40,640
284
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Paris
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
285
Georges Hugnet
Ce que toute jeune fille doit savoir
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
286
Sol LeWitt
Two prints: Photograph of Manhattan with the area between Jojo (160 E 64 St.) Union Sq. (21 E 64 St.) Nobu (105 Hudson St.) & Canton (54 Division St.)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $38,100
288
Edward Weston
Church Door, Hornitos, California
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
289
Jindřich Štyrský
From 'On the Needles of these Days'
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,286
290
František Drtikol
Cut-Out Nudes
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,604
291
Man Ray
Tristan Tzara
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
292
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,525
293
Man Ray
Self Portrait
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
294
Vik Muniz
After Gerhard Richter from Pictures of Color
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
295
Vik Muniz
Action Photo, After Hans Namuth from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $55,880
296
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hi-Way 39 Drive-in Orange
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,780
297
Carl Van Vechten
Man Ray
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,096
298
Man Ray
Gertrude Stein
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
299
Man Ray
James Joyce
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
300
Alexander Rodchenko
Illustration from Vladimir Mayakovsky's 'Pro Eto. Et I mne'
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
301
Seydou Keïta
Three women wearing 'Grand dakar' dresses and 'a la de gaulle' headscarves
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
302
André Kertész
Chez Mondrian, Paris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
303
Eugène Atget
Rue St. Medard/Rue Gracieuse
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
304
Clarence H. White and Alfred Stieglitz
Miss Thompson (Torso)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
305
Alfred Stieglitz
Selected Photogravures from Camera Work
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,048
306
Todd Webb
Selected Images of New York
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
307
Walker Evans
Paul Grotz Standing on the Brooklyn Bridge
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
308
Man Ray
Self Portrait with Half Beard, Hollywood
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
309No Reserve
Duane Michals
Andy Warhol
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $9,525
310No Reserve
Andy Warhol
Three Views of a High Rise Building
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,794
311No Reserve
David Hockney
My Parents, Bradford, July; Jean in the Luxembourg Gardens, June; Pacific Ocean at Malibu
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $3,556
312No Reserve
Dennis Hopper
Paul Newman
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $5,080
313
Patrick Faigenbaum
Monseigneur Del Gallo, Rome
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $508
314
Jan Groover
Untitled and Untitled
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $8,255
315
Ruth Bernhard
Gift of the Commonplace
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,413
316
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Diez Desnudos (Ten Nudes)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
317
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Selected Images
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700

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New York Auction 4 April 2023

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