Sotheby’s Most Memorable Photographs Sold in 2019

Sotheby’s Most Memorable Photographs Sold in 2019

Dec 4, 2019
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Take a look at the most exciting results from Sotheby’s global Photographs auctions this year in categories ranging from cutting-edge Contemporary works to historically important 19th-century images.

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Early Photographs

168
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ALBERT FRISCH | RÉSULTAT D’UNE EXPÉDITION PHOTOGRAPHIQUE SUR LE SOLIMÕES OU ALTO AMAZONAS ET RIO NEGRO
ALBERT FRISCH | RÉSULTAT D’UNE EXPÉDITION PHOTOGRAPHIQUE SUR LE SOLIMÕES OU ALTO AMAZONAS ET RIO NEGRO
Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 USD
Classic Photographs
3 October 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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126
Type: lot
Category: Lot
CARLETON E. WATKINS | WASHINGTON COLUMN, 208 FEET, YOSEMITE
CARLETON E. WATKINS | WASHINGTON COLUMN, 208 FEET, YOSEMITE
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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127
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ANONYMOUS AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER | CHARLES SHERWOOD STRATTON (GENERAL TOM THUMB)
ANONYMOUS AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER | CHARLES SHERWOOD STRATTON (GENERAL TOM THUMB)
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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3
Type: lot
Category: Lot
JOHAN WILHELM BERGSTRÖM | PORTRAIT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WIFE AT THE SPINNING WHEEL, 1844-1852
JOHAN WILHELM BERGSTRÖM | PORTRAIT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WIFE AT THE SPINNING WHEEL, 1844-1852
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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Modernism

Classic Photographs

149
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Walker Evans
Walker Evans
FLOYD BURROUGHS, A COTTON SHARECROPPER, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 USD
Classic Photographs
3 October 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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70
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ROY DECARAVA | 'COLTRANE + ELVIN'
ROY DECARAVA | 'COLTRANE + ELVIN'
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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97
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
'PICKET FENCE'
Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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28
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Robert Capa
Robert Capa
DEATH OF A LOYALIST MILITIAMAN, CORDOBA FRONT, SEPTEMBER 1936, KNOWN AS "THE FALLING SOLDIER"
Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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163
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
ASPENS, DAWN, DOLORES RIVER CANYON, AUTUMN, COLORADO
Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD
Classic Photographs
3 October 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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Color Photography

237
Type: lot
Category: Lot
David Hockney
David Hockney
MOTHER, LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 1982
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
Made in Britain
10 September 2019 | 10:30 AM BST | London
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113
Type: lot
Category: Lot
HIRO | 'APOLLO - 11, 9:32 A. M. 7-16-69 MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE MOON'
HIRO | 'APOLLO - 11, 9:32 A. M. 7-16-69 MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE MOON'
Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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51
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Sean Scully
Sean Scully
'TOWERS'
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
Contemporary Photographs
27 September 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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120
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore
'U.S. ROUTE 10, POST FALLS, IDAHO, AUGUST 25, 1974'
Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 USD
Classic Photographs
3 October 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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Fashion

Trailblazing Female Photographers

121
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman
POLKA DOTS
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 USD
Classic Photographs
3 October 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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29
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
I'VE GOT IT ALL, 2000
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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71
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
UNTITLED FILM STILL #10
Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 USD
Contemporary Photographs
27 September 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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64
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
UNTITLED #103, 1983
Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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25
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
VOLCÁN
Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 USD
Photographs
5 April 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York
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Contemporary Photographs

65
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth
23 WORKS FROM UNBEWUSSTE ORTE (UNCONSCIOUS PLACES), 1979-1989
Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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50
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans
SILVER 143
Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 USD
Contemporary Photographs
27 September 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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69
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans
BRONZINO, 2015
Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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99
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf
TOKYO COMPRESSION REVISITED, 2012
Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR
Photographies
8 November 2019 | 4:00 PM CET | Paris
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82
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Hendrik Kerstens
Hendrik Kerstens
BAG
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 USD
Contemporary Photographs
27 September 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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240
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Chris Levine
Chris Levine
(3D) Banksy
Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP
Made in Britain
20 March 2018 | 10:30 AM GMT | London
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119
Type: lot
Category: Lot
David Yarrow
David Yarrow
'THE USUAL SUSPECTS', 2018
Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP
Photographs
16 May 2019 | 1:00 PM BST | London
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