The interest and collecting for historical (Vintage better if b/w) and contemporary (b/w and color) photography is involving the whole world, especially if the images are by well-known photographers or with images of fashion and cinema celebrities , music, characters, icons or scenes of life and society. We are also thinking of a new medium and long-term investment asset class that will not disappoint.
The catalog of the Phillips auction house sees 246 images which will be auctioned on 7 October in New York and it is expected that there will be no shortage of new investors and good auction results.
Below we propose a few lots:
Phillips
Queen Charlotte's Ball, London
1959
Gelatin-silver print, later printed.
17 1/2 x 12 inches (44,5 x 30,5cm)
Signed in ink and embossed copyright credit stamp in the margin.
Estimate $15.000 – 20.000
Lillian bassman
Barbara Mullen, Flat Hat, Open Back, Harper's Bazaar
about 1958
Gelatin-silver print, later printed.
18 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (47,3 x 36,2 cm)
Signed in pen on artist's label on the reverse. Number 8 from an edition of 25.
Estimate $5.000 – 7.000
Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Grès Evening Gown, Moulin Rouge, Paris, August 1957
1957
Gelatin-silver print, printed in 1977.
17 7/8 x 14 inches (45,4 x 35,6cm)
Signed, numbered 7/25 in pencil, copyright limitation of reproduction, title, date and edition stamps on verso.
Estimate $20.000 – 30.000
Ruth Orkin
American girl in Italy, Florence
1951
Gelatin-silver print, probably printed in the 60s.
11 x 16 1/4 inches (27,9 x 41,3 cm)
Credit '65 Central Park West', Reproduction restriction stamps, titled, dated and annotated 'From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art' in ink on the back of the flush mount.
Estimate $25.000 – 35.000
Edward Weston
Aspen Valley, New Mexico
1937
Gelatin-silver print.
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24,1 x 19,1 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount; signed, titled and dated in pencil on the back of the mount.
Estimate $10.000 – 15.000
The Love Doll/Day 8 (laying on bed)
2010
Chromogenic printing.
69 3/4 x 47 inches (177,2 x 119,4cm)
Overall 74 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches (189,2 x 130,8 cm)
Signed in pen with title, date and number 3/5 printed on a label applied to the back of the recessed mount.
Estimate $15.000 – 20.000
Thomas ruff
dg11 nudes
2006
Chromogenic print, Plexiglas front.
47 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches (120 x 90,2 cm)
Overall 55 1/4 x 43 1/2 inches (140,3 x 110,5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 3/5 in pencil on the back of the frame.
Estimate $25.000 – 35.000
Untitled 5 from Blow Up
2007
Chromogenic printing, recessed.
93 1/2 x 70 1/8 inches (237,5 x 178,1 cm)
Overall 97 1/2 x 74 inches (247,7 x 188 cm)
Signed in pen with printed title, description, number 1/6 and embossed credit stamp on a label accompanying the work.
Estimate $25.000 – 35.000
Ryan McGinley
Meerschaum ladder
2015
Chromogenic printing.
29 3/4 x 44 3/4 inches (75,6 x 113,7 cm)
One from an edition of 3.
Estimate $5.000 – 7.000
Givenchy A hat, Paris
1958
Gelatin-silver print, later printed by Hervé Hudry.
10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (26,7 x 37,5 cm)
Signed in pencil on the reverse; also titled, dated and annotated by Hervé Hudry in pencil, also on verso.
Estimate $4.000 – 6.000
