Phillips de Pury had a strong photography sale in New York today comprising 272 lots, 82% sold by lot totaling $6,929,250 (including premium).
- Lot 56 Richard AvedonThe Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, musicians, London, 1967, $722,500
- Lot 221 Nadar (Gaspard Félix) and Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot with Fruit, 1854-1855, $542,500
- Lot 226 Man Ray, Untitled (Self-portrait of Man Ray), 1933, $398,500
- Lot 32 Irving Penn, Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950, $374,500
- Lot 251 Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait, 1935, $146,500
- Lot 140 Bernd & Hilla Becher, Cooling Towers, Ruhr District, 1983, $140,500
- Lot 73 Man Ray, Torso, 1930, $134,500
- Lot 46 Candida Höfer, Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal Den Haag III, 2004, $104,500
- Lot 141 Richard Avedon, Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, 14 June, 1981, $98,500
- Lot 66 Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily, 1987, $86,500
Sales highlights include Nadar (Gaspard Félix) and Adrien Tournachon’s Pierrot with Fruit, 1854-1855, which brought $542,500 and set a world auction record for the fraternal duo as well as Nadar; Richard Avedon’s The Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, musicians, London, 1967, which brought $722,500, becoming the second-highest price ever achieved for a work by Avedon at auction as well as a world auction record for the portfolio; Man Ray’s Untitled (Self-portrait of Man Ray), 1933, which brought $398,500, more than tripling the presale high estimate; and Candida Höfer’s Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal Den Haag III, 2004, which sold for $104,500 and set a new world auction record for the Libraries series by the artist.
