Photography at auction in October
ARTinvestment.RU   08 октября 2008

Several auction houses including Christie's, Bonhams and Phillips de Pury, going to bid on the photos. ARTinvestment.RU tells what «bait» collectors are going to provide

This October will be a number of interesting auctions on the photo. ARTinvestment.RU offers a small tour of the public auction of works of famous photographers.

Today, October 8, at New Bond Street in London will be auctioned Bonhams, which will be shown photographs of India and Burma the XIX century, in particular the first-ever images of Burma. 113 photographs made by an army officer Linneusom Traypom (Linnaeus Tripe) during expeditions in 1885, estimated at 100-150 thousand pounds sterling. At the auction also exhibited «Indian» pictures of famous photographers of the XIX century: the type of Calcutta German Frederick Fiebig (Frederick Fiebig), as well as photographs Aqrah made before and after the Rebellion sepoy British in 1857 by John Murray (John Murray). Portfolio 500-2 Fiberga estimated at 000 pounds, Murray - in the 300-7 000 pounds.

October 9, the London auction house Bloomsbury will present the work of photographers of the legendary agency Magnum. Since its inception in 1947, is the greatest photographic association, which was founded by master of photography, Robert Kapan (Robert Capa), Henri Cartier-Bresson (Henri Cartier-Bresson), George Roger (George Rodger), and David Seymour (David Seymour), does not cease provide evidence that the photo essay on the beauty and power of speech is worth compared with the most famous works of art. At the tender Bloomsbury will be presented 300 photographs, printed specially for the book Magnum Magnum. This publication, prepared by the 60 th anniversary of the agency, published in 2007. Each lot has at least six original prints. Estimeyty lots - 1-5 thousand pounds. Among the most famous images - photos taken in 1960, his brother Robert Kapy Cornell (Cornell Capa), which depicted Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Monroe) and Clark Geybl (Clark Gable) on the set of film «Neprikayannye». At the auction also includes photographs of Eve Arnold (Eve Arnold), 1963, at which Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor) and her future husband Richard Burton (Richard Burton), sitting in an English pub. Among the contemporary photo provided a snapshot of 2000, made by Norwegian photographers Bendiksenom Jonas (Jonas Bendiksen). Photographer captures Altaic farmers, collecting the remains of the spacecraft, and around them - thousands of white butterflies.

All proceeds from the sale will go to support the work of young photographers.

Paris can not remain aloof from fotolihoradki. October 13, house Millon & Associés will present a working duo Blanc & Demilly (Theodor Blank and Antoine Demiyi). So far, these masters are not too well known to the public, although in 2000 the Pompidou Center held a retrospective of them. By the way, the form and Demiyi opened the first gallery in France, exclusively devoted to photography. At the auction will be presented to the portraits, street scenes, still lifes and abstract paintings, created in 1930-1950's.

Auctions, Photo, and heavyweights like the art market. 13-14 October in New York will be a real marathon of the three auctions, arranged home Christie's . C 9 to October 13, all images can be seen in the pre-show. Estimeyt all three tenders was 8,3-12,3 million dollars. October 13, Christie's will hold the first auction devoted to the works of contemporary artists. The catalog - all over the famous names: Strategic Thomas (Thomas Struth), Nen Goldin (Nan Goldin), Nobuyoshi Araki (Nobuyoshi Araki), Raffi Thomas (Thomas Ruff), Chuck Klouz (Chuck Close), Hiroshi Sugimoto (Hiroshi Sugimoto), Alex Sot (Alex Soth), Wolfgang Tillmans (Wolfgang Tillmans), Marilyn Minter (Marilyn Minter), Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson). Prices start from 6 thousand dollars. Expected that the bid, which exhibited 93 lots, will be 1,6-2,4 million dollars.

October 13, also held an auction Christie's, which will be presented to the great work of photographer William Egglstona (William Eggleston) from the collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman (Bruce & Nancy Berman). This spring, Christie's auction organized photos of Diana Arbus (Diane Arbus) Berman from collections held with great success: it sold 100 per cent of lots. From the auction photos Egglstona, which exhibited 60 lots, waiting for the same result. Estimeyt trades - 1,5-2,2 million. Pioneer of color photography, William Egglston - one of the main representatives of the twentieth century American photography. In his pictures he captures the lives of ordinary Americans. In his photographs, even the most routine things are becoming new, the unusual meaning and aesthetic appeal.

October 14, held the biggest auction «Marathon», a preliminary assessment of which is already 5,2-7,7 million dollars. This auction will be works by the great masters of photography XIX and XX century, including the Ancell Adams (Ansel Adams), Richard Avedon (Richard Avedon), Robert Frank (Robert Frank), Tina Modotti (Tina Modotti), Irving Penn (Irving Penn ), and others. In addition, these bids will be sold 9 photos of famous American poet Alan Ginzberga (Allen Ginsberg).

And finally, on Oct. 16 to tender the works of famous photographers will open the auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. (recently, by the way, bought Russian retailers luxurious Mercury Group ). The main lure for collectors at the auction - photos of famous gay photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (Robert Mapplethorpe) from the collection of women bodibildera Lion Lisa (Lisa Lyon). Between 1980 and 1982, Mapplethorpe made a lot of pictures Lyon, where she appeared in a variety of ways: from the courageous athlete to vamp. In addition, the auction will be exhibited the work of Helmut Newton (Helmut Newton), Nobuyoshi Araki, Kyarostami Abbas (Abbas Kiarostami) and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodchenko .

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: online.wsj.com , christies.com , phillipsdepury.com , artinvestment.ru



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