Stripped Bare
Photographs from the Collection of Thomas Koerfer
Merry Alpern » Diane Arbus » Gregory Crewdson » Robert Frank » Nan Goldin » Katy Grannan » Man Ray » Robert Mapplethorpe » Eadweard J. Muybridge » Paul Outerbridge » Jack Pierson » Cindy Sherman » Francesca Woodman » & others
Auction: 4 Nov – 9 Nov 2017
Thu 9 Nov
CHRISTIE'S Paris
9 avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
+33(0)1-40 76 84 16
emorel@christies.com
www.christies.com/en/auction/photographies
Mon-Fri 10-18
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Ken and Tyler, 1985
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
Image: 19¼ x 14⅛ in.
Sheet: 19¾ x 15¾ in.
Estimate: €30,000–50,000
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.
Stripped Bare: Photographs from the Collection of Thomas Koerfer
Auction: Thursday, 9 November 2017, 3pm
Viewing:
4 & 6–8 November, 10am – 6pm
9 November, 10am – 1pm
E-catalogue: www.christies.com
Contact: Elodie Morel, Head of Department | +33 (0) 1 40 76 84 16 | emorel@christies.com
Christie’s is honored to offer for sale a selection of photographs from the collection of renowned Swiss filmmaker Thomas Koerfer. Koerfer’s exceptional collection of 20th century art has a particular focus on the human body and the nude figure. The sale’s highlights include Noire et Blanche, one of Man Ray’s most iconic works, and a large-format print of Diane Arbus’ Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966 dating from the artist’s lifetime.
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Noire et Blanche, 1926
Gelatin silver print
Image/sheet: 8⅛ x 10¾ in.
Estimate: €1,000,000–1,500,000
© MAN RAY TRUST / Adagp, Paris 2017
CINDY SHERMAN (b. 1954)
Untitled #404, 2000
Chromogenic print
Image: 32¼ x 21⅞ in.
Sheet: 38⅛ x 28 in.
Estimate: €40,000-60,000
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
ANONYM (Active XIXe)
Untitled (Nude with Shawl), circa 1850
Hand-coloured stereoscopic daguerreotype
Each image: 2⅝ x 2¼ in.
Plate: 3¼ x 6¾ in.
Estimate: €7,000-9,000