PHOTOGRAPHIES
Édouard Baldus » Brassaï » René Burri » Claude Cahun » Jaromír Funke » Gustave Le Gray » Man Ray » Robert Mapplethorpe » Guido Mocafico » László Moholy-Nagy » Irving Penn » Josef Sudek » Hiroshi Sugimoto » Raoul Ubac » Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) » & others
Auction: 4 Nov – 10 Nov 2017
Fri 10 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
CLAUDE CAHUN (1894–1954)
Untitled, 1939
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7½ x 9¾ in.
Sheet: 7¾ x 10 in.
Estimate: €40,000–60,000
PHOTOGRAPHIES
Auction: Friday, 10 November 2017, 3pm
Viewing:
4 & 6–9 November, 10am – 6pm
10 November, 10am – 1pm
E-catalogue: www.christies.com
Contact: Elodie Morel, Head of Department | +33 (0) 1 40 76 84 16 | emorel@christies.com
Photographies presents 143 lots with a large selection of early 19th century works, including a superb Gustave Le Gray print and several John Murray paper negatives. The sale also features a selection of early Brassaï prints from the Albert Skira Collection, as well as a beautiful selection of contemporary works from the likes of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Robert Mapplethorpe and Guido Mocafico.
GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820–1882)
Flotte Française en Rade de Cherbourg, 1858
Albumen print, mounted on board
Image/sheet: 12½ x 15¾ in.
Mount: 19⅜ x 22¾ in.
Estimate: €80,000–120,000
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (1895–1946)
Photogram, Dessau, 1925
Gelatin silver print
Image/sheet: 9⅜ x 7⅛ in.
Estimate: €120,000–180,000
JAROMIR FUNKE (1896-1945)
Untitled (Man with a Violin), circa 1922-25
Gelatin silver print, mounted on board
Image/sheet: 9¼ x 9¼ in.
Mount: 19¼ x 18⅜ in.
Estimate: €30,000 – 50,000