4 5 and October busy days for photography collectors busy at auctions Christie's New York Rockefeller Plaza.
The first auction was entirely dedicated to works by Richard Avedon, great American photographer of Russian origin, who worked mainly in the fashion world, but also an incredible portraitist. The auction catalog presented only 28 photographs (all signed and numbered), but all images-icons of the artist and particularly known to the public. The auction ended with a total allotment of 1.170.000€.
Top Lots:
The charming woman among the elephants Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 (estimate €150.000-€230.000) awarded to 204.000 €;
the portrait of Brigitte Bardot from 1959 (estimate 76.000-115.000€) signed and numbered 12/35 – awarded to 204.000 €;
the model Stephanie Seymonur, New York (estimate 153.000-230.000€) awarded to 177.000 €;
it's still, The family (€ 115.000-192.000) awarded to 158.000€.
Here are the equally famous images: Nastassja Kinski and the serpent, (€48.000); The portrait of Marella Agnelli (€38.000); Andy Warhol and members of the Factory (€38.000); the portrait of Lauren Hutton – Great Exuma -the Bahamas of October 1968 (€38.000); Veruschka-Dress by Kimberly (€18.000); Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall (15.000e); Elise Daniels with stree performens (€14.500); Gloria Swanson and Jose Ferrer (€13.500); Penelope tree-Mask by Ungaro-Paris (€13.500); Renée-The New Look of Dior – Place de la Concorde – Paris from 1947, (€12.500) signed and numbered 4/75;
Once the “Avedon” auction ended, the second auction followed immediately “PHOTOGRAPHS, an eagerly awaited event by international collectors, with 447 lots put up for auction in two sessions. Total awards: €4.800.000.
In the catalog among the authors, works by: Peter Beard, Andre Kertesz, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pierre Dubreuil, Carlton Watkins, Diane Arbus, William Eggleston and many others. Plus a special collection of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
And here are the Top lots:
Peter Beard, with a wonderful work Orphan Cheetah Triptych of 1968, (estimate: 76.000-153.000€) has made 662.000 €;
Helmut Newton with Panoramic Nude With Revolver, Como of 1988, 185.000 €;
Irving penn, with the famous photo Black and White “Vogue” of 1950, he made 149.00 €;
Richard Avedon with Lauren HuttonGreat ExumaThe Bahamas 80.000€;
Also worth noting:
Pierre Dubreuil, Behind the scenes of 1902, 77.000€ e Harlequin still, from 1923, 62.000 €;
Thomas ruff, 09H58M/40° of 1990, 71.000 €; A, Aspen Northern New Mexico, from 1958, 57.000 €; Imogen cunningham, Magnolia Blosson, from 1925, 48.000 €; Robert Mapplethorpe, Vase white tulips, from 1988, 71.000 €; more Irving penn with Lily Imperial Pink of 1971, 43.000 €; Eugene Atget, saint Cloud, from 1926, 46.000 €; Hiroshi Sugimoto, Colors of shadows, C1032 of 2006, 36.500 €; many works of Henri Cartier-Bresson, as On the Bank of the Marne of 1938, 31.000€ e Rue Mouffetard, from 1954, 23.000 €; harry callahan, Weed Against Sky, Dedroit, from 1948, 36.500€; Sante D'Orazio, Christy Turlington LA, from 1989, 31.000 €; Garry Winogrand, Albuquerque New Mexico, from 1957, 21.000 €; Guy Boudin, Charles Jourdan Spring of 1978, 18.200€.
