Auction Preview: First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art, March 11, 2009 @Christie’s

Christie’s is offering a solid mix of well known and emerging photography (including 4 images by Vik Muniz) in its First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art sale on March 11. (Catalog cover at right.) There are a total of 24 photo lots on offer, with a total high estimate of $646000. Here are the statistics for the auction:

Total Low Lots (high estimate below $10000): 3

Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): $20000

Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000): 19
Total Mid Estimate: $496000

Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000): 2
Total High Estimate: $130000

Here are the photographers represented in the sale as background:

Matthew Barney

Maurizio Cattelan

Sharon Core

Gardar Eide Einarsson

Elger Esser

Robert Gober

Craigie Horsfield

Huang Yan

Vik Muniz

Gabriel Orozco

Pierre et Gilles

Richard Prince

Lucas Samaras

Cindy Sherman

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Wang Qingsong

Zhang Huan

Given our recent discussions of Chinese contemporary photography, we were interested to see strong works by Huang Yan, Wang Qingsong, and Zhang Huan all included in this sale.

First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art

March 11

Christie’s
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020