Sotheby’s brings a glamour-heavy selection of works to market next week in its various owner Photographs sale in London. With clusters of prints by Horst, Newton, Blumenfeld, and Penn and a thick dose of Peter Beard and Nick Brandt, the sale has a high gloss feel. A pair of Moholy-Nagy photograms share the top lot status. Overall, there are 139 photography lots available in the sale, with a Total High Estimate of £2877000.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000) | 6 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | £30000 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000) | 107 |
| Total Mid Estimate | £1382000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000) | 26 |
| Total High Estimate | £1465000 |
The top lot by High estimate is tied between two lots: lot 44, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (FGM78), 1923-1925/1929 and lot 46, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (FGM80A), 1923-1925/1929, both estimated at £100000-150000. (Images above, via Sotheby’s.)
Here is the list of photographers with five or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Horst P. Horst | 14 |
| Helmut Newton | 8 |
| Peter Beard | 7 |
| Erwin Blumenfeld | 6 |
| Nick Brandt | 6 |
| Irving Penn | 6 |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson | 5 |
| Thomas Struth | 5 |
Other lots of interest include (images above, via Sotheby’s):
Lot 17, Irving Penn, Chanel Feather Headdress (B), New York, 1994/2005, estimated at £15000-20000
Lot 47, Paul Outerbridge, Musical Semi-Abstraction, 1924, estimated at £25000-35000
Lot 53, Maurice Tabard, Punu Mask, Solarised Film, 1936, estimated at £30000-50000
Lot 62, Erwin Blumenfeld, Nude in Broken Mirror, New York, 1944, estimated at £15000-20000
The complete lot by lot catalog can be found here.
