PHOTOGRAPHS

SPECIAL SECTION OF WORKS BY HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

Auction:
Opening: 6 Apr 2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Lot 122 , Hiroshi Sugimoto (B. 1948) , Diana, Princess of Wales, 1999 , gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on panel , signed in ink and credited, titled, dated, and numbered '4/5' on affixed typed studio label (frame backing board) , image/sheet/flush mount: 58.3/4 x 47 in. (149.2 x 119.4 cm.) , $100,000-150,000

CHRISTIE’S PRESENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS SALE ON APRIL 6
SPECIAL SECTION OF WORKS BY HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

Following the successful sale of Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs in February, Christie’s presents the sale of Photographs, a panoramic overview of the medium from Post-War to present day, on April 6 in New York.

With over 200 lots, this sale is most notable with a special section celebrating the remarkable breadth of Hiroshi Sugimoto. The section will be comprised of 15 lots that range from Seascapes to Dioramas, Wax Figures, Colors of Shadow, Theatres and Architecture. This is the most comprehensive and exciting grouping of Sugimoto works to ever come up at auction in a single sale. Highlights from the group include oversized prints of Church of the Light, Tadao Ando, 1997 and Diana, Princess of Wales, 1999, (estimate: each at $100,000-150,000).

Additional highlights include a work by Diane Arbus with a rare, signed lifetime print of Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N.Y.C, 1967, (estimate: $200,000-300,000); William Eggleston with a set of ten dye-transfer prints, Southern suite, 1981, (estimate: $80,000-120,000); Irving Penn with Four Guedras, Morocco, 1971, (estimate: $70,000-90,000) and Gisele, New York, April, 1999, (estimate: $70,000- 90,000); Robert Mapplethorpe with a beautiful dye-transfer print, Calla Lily, 1988, (estimate: $60,000- 80,000); Paul Outerbridge with a fresh-to-the-market modernist image, Golf Score Keeper, 1924, (estimate: $40,000-60,000; and Lee Friedlander with vintage prints of Galax, Virginia, 1962, and New York City, 1966, (estimate: each at $30,000-50,000).

Artists

Works

  • Lot 23 , William Eggleston (B. 1939) , Untitled [chandelier in window], c. 1970 , dye-transfer print , signed in pencil and photographer's credit stamp (verso) , image: 12 x 17.1/2 in. (30.5 x 44.5 cm.) , sheet: 15.7/8 x 20 in. (40.4 x 50.9 cm.) , $8,000-12,000
  • Lot 102 , Lee Friedlander (B. 1934) , New York City, 1966 , gelatin silver print , signed and variously numbered in pencil with photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso) , image: 6.1/4 x 9.1/2 in. (15.7 x 24 cm.) , sheet: 7 x 10.7/8 in. (17.8 x 27.7 cm.) , $30,000-50,000
  • Lot 184 , Herb Ritts (1952-2002) , Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989 , gelatin silver print, mounted on board , signed, titled, dated and numbered '21/25' in pencil, with photographer's copyright credit stamp (mount, verso) , image: 18.1/4 x 20 in. (46.4 x 50.8 cm.) , sheet: 19.3/4 x 23.3/4 in. (50.2 x 60.4 cm.) , mount: 21.1/2 x 25.1/4 in. (54.7 x 64.2 cm.) , $50,000-70,000
  • Lot 83 , Paul Strand (1890-1976) , The Family, Luzzara, Italy, 1953 , gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on card , signed, titled, dated in ink with printer's notations and various numbers in other hands in pencil (flush mount, verso) , image: 7.1/2 x 9.1/2 in. (19 x 24.2 cm.) , sheet/flush mount: 7.3/4 x 9.3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.7 cm.) , $200,000-300,000
  • Lot 164 , Ormond Gigli (B. 1925) , Girls in the Windows, New York City, 1960 , archival pigment print, mounted on aluminum, printed later , signed, dated, numbered '20/75' in ink (margin); signed, titled, dated, numbered '20/75' in ink (verso) , image/sheet: 51.3/4 x 50 in. (131.5 x 127.1 cm.) , mount: 57.1/2 x 58 in. (146.1 x 147.4 cm.) , $30,000-50,000