Masterpieces of Design & Photography

Auction: 26 Sep 2017 – 3 Oct 2017
Opening: 3 Oct 2017, 19

Masterpieces of Design & Photography
Lot 21 , GILBERT & GEORGE (b. 1943 & b. 1942) , Red Morning (Hell) , gelatin silver prints, in sixteen parts , signed and titled 'HELL George Gilbert' (on the lower right panel); titled and consecutively numbered 'RED MORNING HELL 1-16' (on the reverse of each panel) , each: 23 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (60.2 x 50.3 cm.) , overall: 94 ¾ x 79 ¼ in. (240.8 x 201.2 cm.) , Executed in 1977, this work is unique , Estimate: £800,000 – 1,200,000

Masterpieces of Design and Photography
Christie’s London
3 October 2017
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Masterpieces of Design and Photography kicks off Christie’s Frieze Week season

A new evening auction opens a dialogue between these two key categories of the 20th and 21st centuries — with works by such stellar names as Andreas Gursky, Gio Ponti, Marc Newson, Robert Mapplethorpe and Diane Arbus among many others.

This year, for the first time, Christie’s Frieze Week season kicks off with a new evening auction showcasing two complementary categories: design and photography of the 20th and 21st centuries. Masterpieces of Design and Photography, on 3 October in London, features works by major names such as Diane Arbus, Gio Ponti, Gilbert & George, Andreas Gursky, Allen Jones and Robert Mapplethorpe, among many others, with estimates ranging from £20,000 to £1,500,000.

These 39 objects ‘underline the extraordinary expansion of creativity from 1875 to the present,’ says Francis Outred, Chairman and Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s in London. ‘It’s really a survey of the past 150 years in these two great fields.’

Artists

Works

  • Lot 3 , IRVING PENN (1917-2009) , Cottage Tulip: Sorbet, New York , dye-transfer print, mounted on board , signed, titled, date of image, date of print and annotated in ink 'Irving Penn Cottage Tulip: Sorbet, New York 1967 1986 Ref: 15486', stamped photographer's credit 'PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN', Condé Nast copyright credit 'THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. not to be reproduced without written permission of the copyright owner.' and 'SIGNED PRINTS OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH NOT EXCEEDING 16.' (mount, verso) , image: 17 ¾ x 18 ¼ in. ( 45 x 46.4 cm.) , sheet: 19 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (48.5 x 48.5 cm.) , mount: 22 x 24 in. (55 x 61 cm.) , Photographed in 1967 and printed in 1968, this work is from an edition of sixteen , Another print from the edition is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. , Estimate: £60,000 – 80,000
  • Lot 7 , ANDREAS GURSKY (B. 1955) , May Day IV , chromogenic colour print face-mounted to Plexiglas in artist’s frame , signed, titled, numbered and dated 'May day IV 2000 2/6 A. Gursky' (verso) , image: 60 1/8 x 180 in. (152 x 457 cm.) , overall: 82 x 200 in. (208.3 x 508 cm.) , Photographed and printed in 2000, this work is number two from an edition of six , Other examples from the edition are in the collection of the Kunstmuseum NRW, Dusseldorf; Kistefos Museet, Oslo and Castello di Rivoli, Turin. , Estimate: £500,000 – 700,000
  • Lot 12 , ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) , Self-Portrait , platinum print , signed by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, date of signature, titled, dated, numbered and copyright credit in pencil ‘Michael Ward Stout/Executor the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, January 11, 1996 Self Portrait, 1988 3/3 AP-P1860 The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe’ (verso) , image: 23 x 19 in. (58.3 x 48.2 cm.) , sheet: 26¾ x 22¼ in. (68 x 55.5 cm.) , Photographed and printed in 1988, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist's proof , Other platinum prints from the edition are in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and the Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York. , Estimate: £300,000 – 500,000
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