Auction Preview: Contemporary Photographs at Sotheby’s, New York, September 27
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What: Contemporary PhotographsWhere: Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A.When: September 27, 3:00 pm BSTPublic Viewing: September 20, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 21, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 22, 2019 | 01:00 PM - 05Auction Preview: Contemporary Photographs at Sotheby’s, New York, September 27
What: Contemporary PhotographsWhere: Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A.When: September 27, 3:00 pm BSTPublic Viewing: September 20, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 21, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 22, 2019 | 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM, September 23, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 24, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 25, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM, September 26, 2019 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PMTop Lots at the Sale:— “Untitled Film Still #10” — Cindy Sherman (b. 1954); signed, titled ‘#10,’ dated, and editioned ‘3/10’ in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1978. Measurement: 7⅜x9½ in. (18.7x24.1 cm). Featured in lot 71. Estimate: 120,000 USD - 180,000 USD— “Untitled Film Still #45” — Cindy Sherman (b. 1954); signed, titled ‘45,’ dated, and editioned ‘4/10’ in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1979. Measurement: 6½x9½ in. (16.5x24.1 cm). Featured in lot 13. Estimate: 120,000 USD - 180,000 USD— “Giraffes In Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya” — Peter Beard (b. 1938); a unique object, signed, titled, dated, and extensively annotated in ink, with collaged photographs and profusely illustrated with paint and inks on the image and in the margins, framed, 1960, printed later (“End of the Game,” pp. 50-1). Measurement: 50x71 in. (127x180.3 cm). Featured in lot 89. Estimate: 100,000 USD - 200,000 USD— “Grain Elevators, House Kind” — Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007 and 1934-2015); a sequence of eight photographs, each ferrotyped, mounted, annotated ‘BHB - 25,’ and numbered sequentially, the first titled and with hanging schematic in pencil on the reverse, each framed, 1982-87. Measurement: each approximately 16x12 in. (40.6x30.5 cm). Featured in lot 8. Estimate: 80,000 USD - 120,000 USD— “Untitled #833-02 (From on the Beach)” — Richard Misrach (b. 1949); mural-sized chromogenic print, flush-mounted, framed, signed, dated, editioned ‘1/5,’ and annotated in ink on a label and a Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 2002. Measurement: 71x110 in. (180.3x279.4 cm). Featured in lot 12. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD— “Silver 143” — Wolfgang Tillmans (b. 1968); mural-sized chromogenic print, flush-mounted to Dibond aluminum, framed to the photographer's specifications, the photographer’s label, signed and editioned ‘1/1+1’ in pencil, on the reverse, 2013. Measurement: 90x67½ in. (228.6x171.5 cm). Featured in lot 50. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD— “From the Bleacher Series: North Carolina,” 1979 — Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008); unique bleached Polaroid Polapan print, mounted to aluminum, signed and dated in silver ink on the mount, framed to the artist’s specifications, a Selections 6 exhibition label on the reverse, 1979, printed in 1991. Measurement: 21½x26 in. (53.9x66 cm). Featured in lot 57. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD— “Untitled (Couple)” — Richard Prince (b. 1949); chromogenic print, signed, dated, and editioned ‘8/10’ in ink on the reverse, framed, a Barbara Gladstone Gallery label on the reverse, 1977-79. Measurement: 15¾x23¼ in. (40x59.1 cm). Featured in lot 73. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USDFor details, visit: https://www.sothebys.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more