Single Works by Hannah Wilke and Roy DeCarava
New York, 1 October 2019
Sale Total: $3,534,000/ £2,889,752 / €3,243,505
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Lots Sold: 164 | Lots Offered: 247 |
Sold by Lot: 66% | Sold by Value: 66% |
Sarah Krueger, Head of Photographs, New York, said, “Hannah Wilke’s S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Performalist Self-Portrait with Les Wollam), from the collection of Helen Kornblum, led today’s sale at $225,000, setting a new auction record for a single print by the artist. In addition to the exceptional result for Wilke, we set a record for a single print by Roy DeCarava, whose Hallway, New York soared to $72,500, over seven times its low estimate. A testament to his tremendous contributions to the field of photography, the late Robert Frank’s works also performed particularly well, with images from The Americans figuring prominently in the Top Ten, led by Parade, Hoboken, New Jersey, which reached $162,500. We now look forward to turning our attention to the London Photographs sale later this month.”
TOP TEN LOTS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
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111 |
Hannah Wilke, S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Performalist Self-Portrait with Les Wollam), 1974 World Auction Record for a Single Print by the Artist |
$180,000 - 280,000 |
$225,000 £183,983/€206,505 |
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54 |
Robert Frank, Parade, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 |
$70,000 - 90,000 |
$162,500 £132,876/€149,143 |
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68 |
Robert Frank, Trolley, New Orleans, 1955 |
$50,000 - 70,000 |
$150,000 £122,655/€137,670 |
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81 |
Irving Penn, Three Tulips (Red Shine, Black Parrot, Gudoshnik), New York, 1967 |
$60,000 - 80,000 |
$102,500 £83,814/€94,075 |
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46 |
Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald with Simone, Barbara Mullen, Frederick Eberstadt, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, Evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, Patou, Maxim's, Paris, August, 1959 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$93,750 £76,659/€86,044 |
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132 |
Robert Frank, Covered Car— Long Beach, California, 1955-1956 |
$70,000 - 90,000 |
$87,500 £71,549/€80,308 |
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59 |
Irving Penn, Miles Davis, New York, 1986 |
$30,000 - 50,000 |
$75,000 £61,328/€68,835 |
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204 |
Marina Abramović, Cleaning the Floor, 2004 |
$60,000 - 80,000 |
$75,000 £61,328/€68,835 |
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72 |
Roy DeCarava, Hallway, New York, 1953 World Auction Record for a Single Print by the Artist |
$10,000 - 15,000 |
$72,500 £59,283/€66,541 |
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162 |
Edward Burtynsky, Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005 |
$30,000 - 50,000 |
$68,750 £56,217/€63,099 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
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111 |
Hannah Wilke, S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Performalist Self-Portrait with Les Wollam), 1974 World Auction Record for a Single Print by the Artist |
$180,000 - 280,000 |
$225,000 £183,983/€206,505 |
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*previous record price: $68,750 set in 2016 |
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72 |
Roy DeCarava, Hallway, New York, 1953 World Auction Record for a Single Print by the Artist |
$10,000 - 15,000 |
$72,500 £59,283/€66,541 |
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*previous record price: $52,500 set in 2019 |
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223 |
Matthew Brandt, Potem Falls C6M5Y3 from Waterfalls, 2015 |
$15,000 - 25,000 |
$20,000 £16,354/€18,356 |
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*previous record price: $9,014 set in 2015 |
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52 |
William Larson, Selected Images from the Fireflies series, 1971 |
$8,000 - 12,000 |
$12,500 £10,222/€11,473 |
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*previous record price: $3,125 set in 2010 |
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*Lots 101, 149 were sold immediately following the auction and included in the sale results.