London, 2 November 2017
Sale Total: £1,551,750 / $2,048,310 / €1,768,995
Lots Sold: 75 | Lots Offered: 97 Sold by Lot: 77% | Sold by Value: 87%
Genevieve Janvrin and Yuka Yamaji, Co-Heads of Photographs, Europe, said, “The active audience throughout this sale was truly global, with our online platform enabling collectors to participate from across Europe to Australia, Brazil, California, Hong Kong, and beyond. ULTIMATE, a biannual offering of works exclusive to Phillips, was 100% sold for the second season in a row, cementing the market’s positive response to this multifaceted platform. World auction records were set for five artists featured in ULTIMATE, including Helena Almeida and Anne Collier from the dedicated selection of works championing today’s leading women artists. Our highly successful collaboration with Calvin Klein resulted in a new world auction record for Steven Meisel, beating Phillips’ previous record, as well as stellar results for Bruce Weber and David Sims. Debuting at auction was 28-year-old Danila Tkachenko, with his unique triptych from Restricted Areas, 2013-2015, far exceeding the high estimate.”
Phillips looks forward to concluding the Fall sale season with Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Eye of the Century, personal photographs from the collection of his last dealer, Peter Fetterman, in New York on 12 December 2017. Highlights will tour to Phillips Paris, and will be on view to the public at 46 rue du Bac, Paris from 7 to 17 November 2017.
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
30 |
Irving
Penn, Single Oriental Poppy, New York,
1968 World auction record for the image |
£50,000-70,000 |
£118,750 $156,750/€135,375 |
|
37 |
Helena
Almeida, Ponto de Fuga (Vanishing
Point),1982 World auction record for the artist |
£60,000-80,000 |
£75,000 $99,000/€85,500 |
|
46 |
Danila
Tkachenko, Restricted Areas, 2013-2015 World auction record for the artist |
£30,000-50,000 |
£75,000 $99,000/€85,500 |
|
48 |
Steven
Meisel, CK One, New York City, 1994 World auction record for the artist |
£60,000-80,000 |
£75,000 $99,000/€85,500 |
|
50 |
Bruce
Weber, Carré Otis, San Francisco,
California, 1991 |
£40,000-60,000 |
£68,750 $90,750/€78,375 |
|
34 |
Ruud
van Empel, Theatre #7, 2012 World auction record for the image |
£30,000-50,000 |
£60,000 $79,200/€68,400 |
|
47 |
Michael
Dweck, Triple Gidget from Sculptural
Forms, 2015 World auction record for the artist |
£30,000-50,000 |
£57,500 $75,900/€65,550 |
|
35 |
Desiree
Dolron, Xteriors XII, 2001-2006 |
£40,000-60,000 |
£56,250 $74,250/€64,125 |
|
38 |
Laurie
Simmons, Walking Purse, 1988 |
£30,000-40,000 |
£52,500 $69,300/€59,850 |
|
33 |
Thomas
Ruff, Sterne 18h 22m/-60°, 1992 |
£30,000-50,000 |
£47,500 $62,700/€54,150 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
30 |
Irving
Penn, Single Oriental Poppy, New York,
1968 World auction
record for the image |
£50,000-70,000 |
£118,750 $156,750/€135,375 |
|
|
*previous record
price: SEK500,000 ($69,533) set in 2012 |
||
|
48 |
Steven
Meisel, CK One, New York City, 1994 |
£60,000-80,000 |
£75,000 $99,000/€85,500 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $86,500 set in 2012 |
||
|
37 |
Helena
Almeida, Ponto de Fuga (Vanishing
Point),1982 |
£60,000-80,000 |
£75,000 $99,000/€85,500 |
|
|
*previous record
price: €70,000 set in 2013 |
||
|
47 |
Michael
Dweck, Triple Gidget from Sculptural
Forms, 2015 |
£30,000-50,000 |
£57,500 $75,900/€65,550 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £37,500 set in 2015 |
||
|
39 |
Anne
Collier, Eye (Enlargement of Color Negative), 2007 |
£25,000-35,000 |
£37,500 $49,500/€42,750 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $30,000 set in 2017 |
||
|
45 |
John
Stewart, Muhammad Ali, "Fist &
Arm", Chicago, 1977 |
£15,000-20,000 |
£21,250 $28,050/€24,225 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £1,792 set in 2004 |
||
|
83 |
Neil
Leifer, Aerial of Muhammad Ali
victorious after his round two knockdown of Cleveland Williams during the
1966 World Heavyweight Title fight at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, November
14, 1966 |
£6,000-8,000 |
£13,750 $18,150/€15,675 |
|
|
*previous record
price: $17,500 set in 2016 |
||
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