HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004) - Self-Portrait with Wife and Models Vogue Studios, Paris, 1980, Estimate £70,000-90,000.
Schiesser, Diptych,1991 by Andreas Gursky.
MORE than 100 works with an incredible roll call of subjects will feature at Christie’s sale of photographs in London on May 16. It is, according to the auction house, an opportunity to acquire some of the most important works of the history of photography, with works by 19th century masters, and a strong focus on post-war and fashion photography, led by the work of Irving Penn, Helmut Newton and Peter Beard. Subjects include Picasso, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Marilyn Monroe, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Barack Obama.
Schiesser, Diptych,1991 by Andreas Gursky, who currently holds the auction record for the medium, is estimated at £80,000–120,000 while Helmut Newton’s large format Self-Portrait with Wife and Models ‘Vogue Studios, Paris 1980 is estimated at £70,000–90,000.
FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Nude Study, circa 1925-28, Estimate £6,000 - 8,000.
IRVING PENN (1917-2009), Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), New York, 1950, Estimate £70,000-90,000 Copyright © The Irving Penn Foundation.