PHOTOGRAPHIES

PHOTOGRAPHIES: "Collections & Propositions"
Auction: Tuesday, 6 November, 2018

Expert:
Christophe Gœury
Tel + 33 (0)6 16 02 64 91
chgoeury@gmail.com

Live bidding:
www.drouotlive.com

Public exhibitions:
SVV 3 rue Rossini – 75009 Paris, France
Saturday, 3 November 2018, from 11 am to 7 pm
Monday, 5 November 2018, from 11 am to 7 pm
Tuesday 6 November 2018 from 11 am to 12 noon

Online catalog:
www.millon.com
The catalog is available upon request from the Photography Department at the Millon Auction House

Contact and inquiries:
Natalia Raciborski
MILLON Photography Department
16 rue de la Grange Batelière - 75009 Paris
Tel + 33 (0)7 88 09 91 86
photographie@millon.com

Highlights:


A rare and exceptional half plate daguerreotype, representing a self-portrait of the 19th century photographers Charles Choiselat and Stanislas Ratel standing behind a group of unidentified men taken around 1843-1845. The scene is particularly interesting due to the animated interactions of the men: they are either smoking, playing cards, reading a newspaper, standing, sitting, looking out at us or at each other… We are inclined to believe these men are close friends of the photographers and are perhaps also photographers themselves. The scene includes a phantom figure of a woman, perhaps a servant, that was asked to step into the picture but quickly stepped out. We can see a chair turned over from the movement. Charles Choiselat and Stanislas Ratel are known for their panoramic daguerreotypes of French monuments and landscapes and took very few portraits. This is the only known self-portrait of the two photographers together. (Lot 1 – 6 000 / 8 000€)

The Collection of a French editor
With a large format vintage print, a solarization of calla lilies, by Man Ray from the 1930s, a manuscript written by Lucien Clergue explaining his technique, and several prints by Robert Doisneau… (Lot 99 - 15 000 / 20 000 €)

A curated selection of silver gelatin prints of the German and Suisse avant-garde, the Bauhaus, modernism… by Joost Schmidt, Josef Sudek, Hannes Meyer, Hans Finsler, Pal Funk Angelo, Charlotte Rudolph, Geza Vandor, Jolan Vadas, Károly Escher, Imre Kinszki, Elisabeth Hase, Milos Dohnanyi and unidentified photographers… (Lot 60 - 2 000 / 3 000 €)

A selection of French and American Humanist photographers of the 1950s, 60s and 70s: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aaron Siskind, Robert Doisneau, André Kertész, Izis, René Burri… as well as a selection of modern and contemporary photographers: Robert Mapplethorpe, Roy Decarava, Christer Strömholm, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Jeanloup Sieff, Eric Marrian, Martin Parr… (Lot 144 - 18 000 / 20 000 €, Lot 145 - 15 000 / 20 000 €, Lot 146 - 20 000 / 30 000 €)


Two English collections of contemporary photography: Ed Feingersh, Jan Lauschmann, Sammy Slabbinck, Miroslav Tichý, Hisaji Hara, Andrew Lanyon, Newsha Tavakolian, Hassan Sarbakhshian, Heidi Bradner, Nikos Economopoulos, Jack Spencer, Petrina Hicks, Frank Hunter and many others… (Lot 160 4 000 / 6 000 €)

Estimates are indicated without the buyer’s premium.