Auction Preview: Sotheby’s Postwar and Contemporary Photographs, New York, September 28
What: Sale of Postwar and Contemporary Photographs
Where: Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 US
When: 28 September 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
Public Viewing: FRI, 22 SEP 17 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM EDT; SAT, 23 SEP 17 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM EDT; SUN, 24 SEP 17 | 01:00 PM – 05:00 PM EDT; MON, 25 SEP 17 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM EDT; TUE, 26 SEP 17 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM EDT; WED, 27 SEP 17 | 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM EDT
Top Lots of the Sale:
– Thomas Struth. B. 1954. Mailander Dom (Fassade), Mailand. chromogenic print, Diasec-mounted, framed, the photographer’s label, signed in ink and with typed title, date, and edition number, on the reverse, 1998, no. 7 in an edition of 10. 72 1/4 by 90 3/8 in. (183.4 by 229.6 cm.). Estimate: USD 300,000 — 500,000
– Philip-Lorca diCorcia. B. 1953. A Storybook Life (The Complete Series). the complete series of 76 chromogenic prints, each flush-mounted, the ‘Storybook Life’ stamp, signed, editioned ‘2,’ and numbered sequentially in ink, on the reverse, 9 framed and 67 in a brown-lettered natural linen portfolio, 1978-1999, printed in 2003, no. 2 in an edition of 4 (10). Each approximately 11 by 16 7/8 in. (27.9 by 42.7 cm.) or the reverse. Estimate: USD 250,000 — 350,000
– Cindy Sherman. B. 1954. Untitled #415. chromogenic print, flush-mounted, framed, signed, dated, and editioned ‘1/6’ in ink, Metro Pictures and The Ames Collection, New York, labels on the reverse, 2004. 68 7/8 by 45 3/8 in. (175 by 115.3 cm.). Estimate: USD 180,000 — 250,000
– Thomas Struth. B. 1954. Iglesia De San Francisco, Lima, Peru. chromogenic print, Diasec-mounted, framed, the photographer’s label, signed in ink and with typed title, date, and edition number, on the reverse, 2003, no. 3 in an edition of 10. 72 3/4 by 94 3/4 in. (184.8 by 240.6 cm.). Estimate: USD 60,000 — 90,000
– Cindy Sherman. B. 1954. Untitled #400. chromogenic print, flush-mounted, signed, dated, and editioned ‘6/6’ in ink on the reverse, framed, Metro Pictures and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art labels on the reverse, 2000. 36 3/4 by 26 in. (93.3 by 66 cm.). Estimate: USD 50,000 — 70,000
– Vik Muniz. B. 1961. Raft of the Medusa (After Gericault, From Pictures of Chocolate). a diptych of Cibachrome prints, each flush-mounted to aluminum, one with a Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, label, signed, dated, and editioned ‘AP 3/3’ in ink, on the reverse, each framed, a Brent Sikkema Gallery label on the reverse, 1999 (2). Each 40 1/8 by 29 3/4 in. (101.9 by 75.6 cm.). Overall 40 1/8 by 60 in. (101.9 by 152.4 cm.). Estimate: USD 50,000 — 70,000
– Cindy Sherman. B. 1954. Untitled #353. chromogenic print, flush mounted, signed, dated, and editioned ‘2/6’ in ink on the reverse, framed, Metro Pictures and The Ames Collection, New York, labels on the reverse, 2000. 36 by 24 in. (91.4 by 61 cm.). Estimate: USD 50,000 — 70,000