Provenance
Galerie Xippas, Paris
Literature
Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro: Capivara, 2009, p. 519
Catalogue Essay
Famous for her roles as much as her strength, Davis was further canonised in American pop culture in Kim Carnes’s number one hit song ‘Bette Davis Eyes’, in which the beloved star’s sultry gaze is sung in praise and awe. Similarly, in Muniz’s photograph, Davis’s seductive expression, as rendered in diamonds, mesmerises the viewer with both her beauty and the thousands of jewels.

91

Vik Muniz

Bette Davis from Pictures of Diamonds

2004
Dye destruction print.
122 x 152 cm (48 x 59 7/8 in.)
Signed, dated in ink, printed title, date and number 8/10 on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 10 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£30,000 - 40,000

Sold for £31,250

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Lou Proud
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London
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Photographs

London 21 May 2015 4pm

1
Miles Aldridge
A Dazzling Beauty #4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
2
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, for British Vogue, October
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
3
Helmut Newton
Sylvia in my studio, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
4
Sante D'Orazio
Christy Turlington, Panoramic View Hotel, Montauk
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
5
Helmut Newton
Untitled, Paris, U.S. Vogue, (Two pairs of legs)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
6
Richard Avedon
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
7
Sante D'Orazio
Selected Images
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
8
Herb Ritts
Tatjana in Swimsuit, Hollywood
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
9
Sante D'Orazio
Pamela Anderson, Hollywood, Profile #1
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
10
Robert Mapplethorpe
Peter Reed
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
11
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lily
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
12
Horst P. Horst
Classical Head with Flowers
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £11,250
13
Lillian Bassman
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
14
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat A, for Jardin des Modes, Paris
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
15
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
16
William Klein
Anouk Aimée, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,250
17
Erwin Olaf
Barbara from Grief
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
18
Wolfgang Tillmans
Anemone II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
19
Irving Penn
Tuberous Begonia, New York
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £45,000
20
Annie Leibovitz
Kate Moss, for American Vogue, October
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
21
Sarah Moon
The Clock
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
22
William Klein
Simone + Painting + Coffee, Rome
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
23
Herb Ritts
Versace Dress, Back View, El Mirage
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £158,500
24
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
25
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,000
26
Albert Watson
Kate Moss, Marrakech
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
27
Ormond Gigli
Girls in Windows, New York City
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
28
Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan, Spring
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
29
Guy Bourdin
French Vogue
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
30
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,250
31
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
32
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
33
Miroslav Tichý
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
34
David LaChapelle
Jesus is my Homeboy: Anointing
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
35
Gregory Crewdson
Selected Images
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,000
36
Elger Esser
Mincio, Italien
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
37
Ori Gersht
Wildflowers from Flowers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £18,750
38
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Ray of Light) from Twilight
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £27,500
39
Elger Esser
Beg en Aud, Frankreich
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
40
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled (Saddle Peak)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
41
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
42
Taisuke Koyama
Untitled (Rainbow Waves 19)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
43
Yosuke Takeda
Stay Gold 144540 from Digital Flare
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
44
Daisuke Yokota
Cloud
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
45
Mika Ninagawa
Plant a Tree
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
46
Yoshinori Mizutani
Moonlight 02
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
47
Natsumi Hayashi
Today’s Levitation 06/25/2011
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
48
Yumiko Utsu
Octopus Portrait
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
49
Barry Frydlender
Smoking, Sinai
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
50
Walter Pfeiffer
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
51
Sølve Sundsbø
Karen I
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £15,625
52
Lyle Owerko
Boombox/23 (JVC M70)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
53
Beau Dunn
Glam Barbie #1
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
54
Kim Joon
Blue Fish
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,875
55
Debbie Han
Masturbating Grace I
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
56
Antoine Verglas
Road Trip
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
57
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 18, Weeki Wachee, Florida
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
58
Magda Biernat
Lifeguard Houses
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
59
Frank Thiel
Untitled #01 from "City TV", (Berlin)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
60
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Draken, Göteborg
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
61
Candida Höfer
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles III
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡♠
62
Gilbert & George
White Hands
Estimate £65,000 - 75,000 ♠
Sold for £68,500
63
Vanessa Beecroft
VB48.008.DR, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
64
Vanessa Beecroft
VB26.038, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
65
Steven Klein
X Static Process 02
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
66
Hendrik Kerstens
Napkin, February
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
67
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors XI
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
68
William Claxton
Halima and Chet Baker, Redondo Beach
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
69
Annie Leibovitz
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brussels, Belgium
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
70
Irving Penn
Spencer Tracy, New York, Mar. 23
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
71
Bruce Bernard
Francis Bacon in his studio, Reece Mews
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
72
Eve Arnold
Paul Newman at Lee Strasberg's Studio, New York
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
73
Terry O'Neill
Frank Sinatra on the Boardwalk, Miami
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
74
William Klein
Gun 1, New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ♠
Sold for £3,250
75
David Bailey
Box of Pin-Ups
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
76
David Bailey
John Lennon
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
77
Bill Brandt
Nude, Hampstead, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,500
78
Bill Brandt
Hornton Street, Campden Hill, London
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
79
Bill Brandt
René Magritte with his picture 'The Great War', Brussels
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,500
80
Erwin Blumenfeld
Mirror (Tedi Thurman)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
81
Bill Brandt
Nude, London
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
82
Elliott Erwitt
North Carolina
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £3,250
83
René Burri
Cordoba, Argentina
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,000
84
William Klein
Rolling Stones Concert, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
85
William Klein
Big Face in Crowd, New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,500
86
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
87
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
88
William Eggleston
Untitled (Baby Doll Cadillac)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
89
Diane Arbus
Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J.
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
90
This lot is no longer available.
91
Vik Muniz
Bette Davis from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £31,250
92
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
93
Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in the mirror, Hotel Baur au Lac, Zürich
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
94
Vik Muniz
Reversal Grey Marilyn from Pictures of Diamond Dust
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,500
95
David Hockney
George, Blanche, Celia, Albert and Percy, London, January
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
96
Vik Muniz
The Poppy Field at Argenteuil, after Claude Monet from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £37,500
97
Robert Polidori
Salle du Maroc, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Chateau de Versailles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
98
Robert Polidori
Michel Anguier by Jacques d’Agar, 1675, Salle la surintendance de Colbert, Salles du XVII, Aile du Nord – R.d.C, Chateau de Versailles
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,000
99
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £4,750
100
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura: View of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
101
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
102
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
103
Peter Beard
Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru Desert, Kenya, June
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
104
Sebastião Salgado
Crossing the Ob River to enter the Arctic Circle, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,875
105
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 £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
106
Peter Beard
Model
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
107
This lot is no longer available.
108
Peter Beard
Rhino Roping with Ken Randall in Darajani, Tsavo, Kenya
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
109
Peter Beard
Alistair and Croc, The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Lake Rudolf, Kenya
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
110
Britta Jaschinski
Light and Dark
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
111
Peter Beard
Loliondo Lion Charge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
112
Nick Brandt
Elephants on the move, Amboseli
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
113
Nick Brandt
Zebras crossing river, Maasai Mara
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
114
Nick Brandt
Portrait of Zebra Mother and Baby, Ngorongoro
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
115
Ruud van Empel
Dawn #4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,625
116
Ruud van Empel
Boy & Girl
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £80,500
117
Vee Speers
Untitled #37 from The Birthday Party
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
118
Loretta Lux
Study of a Boy 2
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
119
Loretta Lux
The Red Ball 2
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
120
Simon Norfolk
The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot) from Scenes from a Liberated Baghdad
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
121
Sebastião Salgado
Mali
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
122
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
123
Boris Mikhailov
Untitled from Case History
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,375
124
Boris Mikhailov
Untitled from Case History
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,500
125
Josef Koudelka
Matriarch
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
126
Malick Sidibé
Nuit de Noël (Happy-Club)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
127
Irving Penn
Four Photographs of Grapes (A), New York, Feb
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
128
René Burri
São Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
129
Louis Faurer
Park Ave. Garage at Hotel Marguery, New York City
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
130
Elliott Erwitt
New York
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
131
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £2,250
132
Elliott Erwitt
California
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
133
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
134
René Burri
Wilted Lotus Blossoms, former Summer Palace, Kunming Lake, Beijing, China
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
135
Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Palais Royal Gardens, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
136
Nobuyoshi Araki
Komari from L'amant d'août
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,125
137
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Orchid)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
138
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Delphinium)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
139
Eikoh Hosoe
Barakei (Ordeal by Roses) #32
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
140
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
141
Nobuyoshi Araki
Painting Flower
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
142
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled from PaINting
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500
Sold for £5,250
143
Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Decisive Moment, 1952; The Europeans, 1955
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000
Sold for £3,500
144
Helmut Newton
Sumo
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 †
Sold for £2,750

Photographs

London 21 May 2015 4pm

Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

91

Vik Muniz

Bette Davis from Pictures of Diamonds

Photographs