Sale Total: £2,344,875 / $3,024,889 / €2,720,055
Lots Sold: 81 | Lots Offered: 93 Sold by Lot: 87% | Sold by Value: 92%
Genevieve Janvrin and Yuka Yamaji, Co-Heads of Photographs, Europe, said, “Achieving the second highest total for a Photographs sale at Phillips London, today’s auction is a testimony to the continued demand across the globe for exceptional works. ULTIMATE, a curated selection of works only available at Phillips, was 100% sold, featuring the top lot of the sale, John Baldessari’s ‘Transform (Lipstick)’, 1990. ULTIMATE established seven world auction records including Japanese artists Seiji Kurata and Sohei Nishino, who are both in the top ten. ULTIMATE CAMPAIGN, which champions advertising photography by today’s leading forces in fashion, was also 100% sold, and we are thrilled to have established a new world auction record for Bruce Weber. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon all achieved notable prices, demonstrating the continued appeal of works by master 20th century photographers.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
32 |
John
Baldessari, Transform (Lipstick),
1990 |
£300,000
- 400,000 |
£389,000 $501,810
/€451,240 |
|
59 |
Henri
Cartier-Bresson, Behind the Gare
Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932 |
£30,000
- 50,000 |
£131,000 $168,990
/€151,960 |
|
28 |
Irving
Penn, Girl in Bath (Jean Patchett), New
York, 25 April 1950 |
£50,000
- 70,000 |
£118,750 $153,188
/€137,750 |
|
30 |
Irving
Penn, Gisele, New York, 1 April
1999 |
£70,000
- 90,000 |
£106,250 $137,063
/€123,250 |
|
5 |
Bruce
Weber, Ric and Natalie, Villa Tejas,
Montecito, California, 1988 World
Auction Record for the Artist |
£40,000
- 60,000 |
£87,500 $112,875
/€101,500 |
|
29* |
Richard
Avedon, Dovima with Elephants, Evening
dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August, 1955 |
£100,000
- 150,000 |
£87,500 $112,875 /€101,500 |
|
84 |
Ruud
Van Empel, Boy & Girl, 2008 |
£50,000
- 70,000 |
£68,750 $88,688
/€79,750 |
|
33 |
Sohei
Nishino, London from Diorama Map,
2010 World
Auction Record for the Artist |
£30,000
- 50,000 |
£65,000 $83,850
/€75,400 |
|
39 |
Seiji
Kurata, 入墨の男 [Irezumi no otoko] Tattooed Man from Flash
Up, 1975 World
Auction Record for the Artist |
£15,000
- 25,000 |
£56,250 $72,563
/€65,250 |
|
4 |
Nick
Knight, Alexander McQueen, Snakes,
2009 |
£40,000
- 60,000 |
£50,000 $64,500
/€58,000 |
PREVIOUS AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
2 |
Alasdair
McLellan, Kate Moss Supreme, 2012 |
£7,000
- 9,000 |
£21,250 $27,413
/€24,650 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £6,875 set in 2016 |
||
|
5 |
Bruce
Weber, Ric and Natalie, Villa Tejas,
Montecito, California, 1988 |
£40,000
- 60,000 |
£87,500 $112,875
/€101,500 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $75,000 set in 2016 |
||
|
24 |
Ormond
Gigli, Girls in the Windows, New York
City, 1960 |
£20,000
- 30,000 |
£43,750 $56,438
/€50,750 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $56,250 set in 2015 |
||
|
34 |
Jungjin
Lee, Unnamed Road #060, 2011 |
£25,000
- 35,000 |
£27,500 $35,475
/€31,900 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $25,000 set in 2013 |
||
|
38 |
Daisuke
Yokota, Untitled from Color
Photographs, 2015 |
£8,000
- 12,000 |
£13,750 $17,738
/€15,950 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £6,250 set in 2015 |
||
|
39 |
Seiji
Kurata, 入墨の男
[Irezumi no otoko] Tattooed Man from Flash Up, 1975 |
£15,000
- 25,000 |
£56,250 $72,563
/€65,250 |
|
41 |
Kazuyoshi
Usui, White Roses from Showa88, 2011 |
£4,000
- 6,000 |
£8,750 $11,288
/€10,150 |
|
42 |
Yoshinori
Mizutani, Tokyo Parrots 023, 2013 |
£5,000
- 7,000 |
£6,875 $8,869
/€7,975 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £6,250 set in 2016 |
||
|
44 |
Lee
Jeonglok, Tree of Life #1, 2007 |
£7,000
- 9,000 |
£22,500 $29,025
/€26,100 |
|
|
*previous record price:
$8,050 set in 2013 |
||
|
45 |
Chloe
Sells, Blues from Measuring Infinity,
2016 |
£4,000
- 6,000 |
£4,375 $5,644
/€5,075 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $300 hammer set in 2003 |
||
|
89 |
Valérie
Belin, Giant Exhibition Aureole, 2013 |
£12,000
- 18,000 |
£22,500 $29,025
/€26,100 |
|
|
*previous record
price: €16,576 set in 2009 |
||
* Lot 29 of the Photographs sale was sold immediately after the auction and included in the sale results.
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