Untitled, 1971
gelatin silver print
20 x 16 in.
Estimate : €4,000-6,000
© Chris von Wangenheim
Photographs & Fashion Photographs
from the Susanne von Meiss Collection
Marina Abramović » Richard Avedon » Ilse Bing » Erwin Blumenfeld » Franck Christen » Nan Goldin » Candida Höfer » Horst P. Horst » Horst P. Horst » Robert Mapplethorpe » Guido Mocafico » Sarah Moon » Helmut Newton » Irving Penn » Len Prince » Tomio Seike » Edward Steichen » Hiroshi Sugimoto » Chris von Wangenheim » & others
Auction: 21 May – 24 May 2022
Tue 24 May 16:00
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
Naja Melanoleuca, 2003
C-type print
46 x 59 in.
€40,000–60,000
© Guido Mocafico/Naja Melanoleuca, 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS & FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS
from the Susanne von Meiss Collection
Live Auction: "Photographs": 24 May 2022, 4 pm
Catalogue: here
Online auction: "Fashion photographs from the Susanne von Meiss collection": until 24 May
Catalogue: here
Preview: 21 - 24 May
Christie's, 9 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
Specialist, Head of Sale:
Fannie Bourgeois
fbourgeois@christies.com
+33 (0)1 40 76 84 41
123 works from the 20th and 21st century will be presented by leading practitioners of the medium: among them Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hiro, Nan Goldin, Candida Hofer, Hiroshi Sugimoto & Marina Abramovic.
The highlight of the auction are Fashion Photographs from the Susanne von Meiss Collection with works by established fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Sarah Moon and Edward Steichen; to those lesser known in the field like Franck Christen and Len Prince. A true glimpse into this genre over the past 80 years, curated with a particular collector’s vision.
Muhammad Ali, 'Fist & Arm', Chicago, 1977
gelatin silver print
66 x 45 in.
€15,000–20,000
© John Stewart / Acte2galerie
Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939
gelatin silver print
12 x 9 in.
€10,000–12,000
© Conde Nast Inc./Horst Estate
In Praise of Shadows, 980816, 1998
gelatin silver print
72 x 60¼ in.
€40,000-60,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto