The Photograph Collector Information, Opinion, and Advice for Collectors, Curators, and Dealers N E W S L T R
THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTOR INFORMATION, OPINION, AND ADVICE FOR COLLECTORS, CURATORS, AND DEALERS N E W S L T R Volume XXXVI, No. 9 September 2015 FALL AUCTION PREVIEW by Stephen Perloff Desiree Dolron: Xteriors II, 2001–2006 ($60,000–$80,000), at Christie’s FALL AUCTION PREVIEW continued Christie’s will hold three Photographs sales in Sugimoto’s Kegon Waterfall, 1977 ($120,000– Fall 2015. The sales include works for new and $180,000); Bernd & Hilla Becher’s Typology of seasoned collectors alike, featuring a first-ever Four Pitheads, c. 1975, four gelatin silver prints curated Evening Sale on October 5, a Day Sale ($80,000–$120,000); and Richard Misrach’s Un- following on October 6, and First Exposure, an titled, #213-04 from On the Beach, 2004, chromo- online-only sale, now open for bidding. In addi- genic print, printed 2007 ($70,000–$90,000). tion, Christie’s will present Patrick Demarchelier: Photographs 1975–2015, a private selling exhibi- tion of the legendary French fashion photographer from October 2–12. Photographs: The Evening Sale showcases 42 works and reflects a reinvigorated focus on the incredible breadth of offerings from the full his- tory of the medium, encompassing the early begin- nings, strong modernist and post-war periods, all the way through to rising contemporary stars. Leading the way in Christie’s Evening Sale is Ansel Adams’s Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, c. 1940, gelatin silver mural print, printed c. 1962–63, and Irving Penn’s Gingko Leaves, New York, 1990, dye-transfer print, print- ed 1992, both estimated at $300,000–$500,000.
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