The upcoming various owner Photographies sale at Christie’s in Paris is highly clumped. Led by a Moholy-Nagy photogram, the auction settles into long stretches of works by Brassaï and Josef Sudek, and fills in with a handful of additional photographers (Baldus, Burri, Cartier-Bresson, and others) each represented by meaningful cluster of prints. Overall, there are a total of 143 lots on offer in this sale, with a Total High Estimate of €2004000.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including €7500) | 53 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | €295000 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between €7500 and €35000) | 83 |
| Total Mid Estimate | €1114000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above €35000) | 7 |
| Total High Estimate | €595000 |
The top lot by High estimate is lot 38, László Moholy-Nagy, Photogramme, Dessau, 1925, estimated at €120000-180000 (image above via Christie’s).
Here’s the complete list of photographers with four or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Brassaï | 22 |
| Josef Sudek | 13 |
| Édouard Baldus | 10 |
| René Burri | 9 |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson | 8 |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | 7 |
| Marc Riboud | 6 |
| Man Ray | 5 |
| Sebastião Salgado | 5 |
| Hans Bellmer | 4 |
Other lots of interest include (images above, via Christie’s):
Lot 35, Claude Cahun, Sans titre, 1939, estimated at €40000-60000
Lot 44, Raoul Ubac, Triomphe de la Stérilité, 1937, estimated at €35000-45000
Lot 105, Irving Penn, Metropolis, New York, 1980/1981, estimated at €20000-25000
Lot 126, Gustave Le Gray, Flotte Française en Rade de Cherbourg, 1858, estimated at €80000-120000
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
