Christie’s sits second in terms of total photographic value on offer this London season (its Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales are scheduled for the second week of February). While Gursky, Struth, Richter, Baldessari and others are all present, it’s a perfunctory group of images. Overall, there are a total of 26 lots of photography available across the two sales, with a Total High Estimate for photography of £1255000.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000) | 1 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | £5000 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000) | 15 |
| Total Mid Estimate | £195000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000) | 10 |
| Total High Estimate | £1055000 |
The top lot by High estimate is lot 63, Andreas Gursky, Hong Kong Borse II, 1995, estimated at £250000-350000.
Here’s the list of photographers with two or more lots in the sales, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | 3 |
| Matthew Barney | 2 |
| Gerhard Richter | 2 |
| Thomas Struth | 2 |
Other lots of interest include lot 221, Thomas Struth, Museo del Prado I Madrid, 2005, estimated at £120000-180000 (image above, left, via Christie’s), lot 145, Gerhard Richter, September, 2009, estimated at £100000-150000 (image above, right, via Christie’s), and lot 237, Michele Abeles, Fuschia, Yellow, Green, Blue, Numbers, Man, Cement, Paper, 2011, estimated at £5000-7000 (image above, middle, via Christie’s).
The complete lot by lot catalogs can be found here (Evening) and here (Day).
