Auction Preview: Photographs, April 4, 2017 @Phillips

Coming right on the heels of its single collection JGS Foundation sale, Phillips’ various owner sale feels a bit more like a typical spread of auction material. The sale is co-headlined by a Man Ray rayograph and a Robert Mapplethorpe floral construction, and supported by additional notable prints from Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Overall, there are a total of 118 lots available in the sale, with a Total High Estimate of $3865300.

Here’s the statistical breakdown:

Preview Statistics
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including $10000) 33
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) $220300
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between $10000 and $50000) 69
Total Mid Estimate $1725000
Total High Lots (high estimate above $50000) 16
Total High Estimate $1920000

The top lot by High estimate is tied between two lots: lot 245, Man Ray, Rayograph with Goggles, Egg and Candle, 1924, and lot 282, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tulips, 1977, both estimated at $200000-300000 (images above, via Phillips).

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
Harry Callahan 5
Henri Cartier-Bresson 5
Ruth Bernhard 4
Robert Mapplethorpe 4
Vik Muniz 4

Other lots of interest include (images above, via Phillips):

Lot 234, Robert Frank, Rodeo – New York City, 1954/no later than 1957, estimated at $70000-90000

Lot 244, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Los Obstaculos (The Obstacles), 1929, estimated at $40000-60000

Lot 255, Henri Cartier-Bresson, On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938/1950s, estimated at $100000-150000

Lot 277, William Eggleston, Untitled, 1971-1974/2012, estimated at $80000-120000

Lot 308, Harry Callahan, Aix-en-Provence (Nude, Back), 1958/no later than 1968, estimated at $12000-18000

The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.

Send this article to a friend

Read more about: Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, William Eggleston, Phillips

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published.

Recent Articles

Yasumasa Morimura, Self-Portraits @Luhring Augustine

Yasumasa Morimura, Self-Portraits @Luhring Augustine

JTF (just the facts): A total of 102 black-and-white and color photographs, alternately framed in light wood and matted or framed in black and unmatted, and hung against white walls ... Read on.

Sign up for our weekly email newsletter