Phillips New York Photographs Auction on 13 July
Highlights Include Rare Photographs by Ansel Adams, Hannah Höch, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, Edward Weston, and John Baldessari
Ansel Adams Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine California, 1944 Estimate: $300,000 - 500,000
NEW YORK – 8 JULY 2020 – On 13 July, Phillips presents Photographs, featuring important masterworks of photography spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, to be livestreamed from our custom-built salesrooms in London and New York with virtual bidding worldwide. The first global livestream auction event for photographs, Phillips’ auction offers more than 230 superlative photographic works telegraphing the excitement and energy of the live auction room to our global audience of collectors. Phillips also presents a greatly enhanced virtual experience of the works via our enhanced sales pages that feature in-depth multi-media cataloguing for deep engagement and viewing of the artworks online. The works in the sale span the rich history of photography with classic works by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Man Ray and Charles Sheeler presented alongside post-war masters Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Robert Adams and William Eggleston, and contemporary photographers such as Andy Warhol, John Baldessari, Robert Mapplethorpe, Alec Soth, Peter Beard, and Wolfgang Tillmans.
Vanessa Hallett, Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairwoman, Americas, said, “Phillips prides itself on our ability to showcase an array of the strongest artistic achievements in 20th and 21st century photography in one setting. The selection of photographs offered in this sale continues this tradition with an exceptional group of works that span the major photographic movements over nine decades. From early 20th century works like Edward Weston’s Pepper II, 1929, to a signed, lifetime Diane Arbus print of A Waitress in a Nudist Camp in New Jersey, 1963, and Richard Misrach’s Untitled, 2007, which reimagines the American landscape, collectors across the board will have the opportunity to acquire an exceptional array of photographs. Additionally, our newly enhanced virtual platformconveys the experience of viewing in person to an intimate and detailed remote experience online.”
Life’s Balance (Male/Female) addresses issues of gender and identity and raises questions that Baldessari, with characteristically sly humor, declines to answer. Insightful and irreverent, Baldessari turned a photograph of a boy (wide-mouthed and jumping) upside down, flanking it with duplicate photographs of a girl on a hobby horse, both tinted with oil-based pigment. In Life’s Balance (Male/Female), he creates a work in which black-and-white and color, and male and female, unite in an enigmatic yet compelling whole.
John Baldessari Life’s Balance (Male/Female), 1986 Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
The sale sets forth a fresh selection of work by William Eggleston, including a rare dye-transfer print of Untitled, (Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in the Background), 1972. Richard Misrach’s monumental Untitled, 2007, is from the photographer’s first foray into the digital realm and showcases his deep technical and conceptual understanding of the medium and the American landscape. In Alec Soth’s Peter’s Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota, 2002, the photographer carries on his photographic investigation of the country. Richard Prince’s Untitled (Cowboy), 1993, encapsulates the artist’s post-modern fascination with American icons and media culture while Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Brooklyn Bridge serves as a stunning example from his famed Architecture series.
The pre-sale viewing will occur by appointment only from 9 to 12 July, as the safety of our clients and employees is of the utmost importance. A virtual reality tour of the galleries will be accessible on Phillips.com. Bidders and spectators will be welcomed into the saleroom remotely with a digitally enhanced viewing experience, accessible through both the Phillips app and website.
Additional Highlights
Auction: 13 July 2020 Auction viewing: 9 – 12 July 2020 Location: 450 Park Avenue, New York Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY040120
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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
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