Lucien Clergue (né en 1934) Toros Muertos, 1961.

Lucien Clergue (né en 1934) Toros Muertos, 1961.

Tirage argentique d'époque, signé, titré, daté et numéroté 14/20 avec les tampons Lucien Clergue au verso. 59,5 x 50 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 000 €

Vente du Mercredi 1er juillet 2009. Photographies Anciennes, Modernes et Contemporaines. Ader - Paris. Expert M. Antoine ROMAND. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 53 40 77 10.

Strength in the photographs market @ artnet Auctions sale of Icons: 20th-21st Century Photographic Portraits

Johnny Cash by Marc Seliger

NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions sale of Icons: 20th-21st Century Photographic Portraits showed strength in the photographs market as the ten-day online photographs auction concluded June 25 with $135,000 in sales (including 10% buyer’s premium). The sale featured over 200 original fine art photographs of legends of fashion, film, music, politics, sports, arts and literature from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna.

Top Lots Sold
Screen stars led the sale with spirited bidding for photographs of Hollywood legends Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe. The top lot sold was a rare 1956 portrait of Audrey Hepburn by Yousuf Karsh. This exquisite portrait, which had never been offered at auction, realized an impressive $12,650. Photographs of screen siren Marilyn Monroe also commanded top prices. Five of the top ten lots sold were portraits of the actress taken by Bert Stern. Among them, the stunning chromogenic print Marilyn Monroe: From The Last Sitting, "I Beg of You" , 1962 fetched $1,650, more than double the low estimate. Other top lots included a 1931 gelatin silver print of Greta Garbo by Clarence Sinclair Bull, which sold for $1,842 against an estimate of $800-$1,000 and Marlene Dietrich, by George Hurrell, which realized $1,760 against an estimate of $1,000-$1,500.

Legendary Artists
There was also strong demand for portraits of artists including Salvador Dali, Frank Stella and Pablo Picasso. Two 1970 portraits of Salvador Dali by Marc Lacroix sparked frenzied bidding; Dali and His Muse, Gala realized $6,053, 400% above the low estimate and Dali’s Profile commanded $5,610, 370% above the low estimate.

Other top lots demonstrated the appeal of subjects ranging from astronauts to country music stars. A rare 1969 photograph of the NASA Apollo 11 Moonwalk by Neil Armstrong realized $3,750, 90% above the low estimate while Marc Seliger's Johnny Cash, Hendersonville, Tennessee, 1992 sold for $3,025, 21% above the low estimate.

"The success of the sale points to the continued demand for high quality photographs at the right estimates" said Bill Fine, President of Artnet Worldwide. "Buyers and sellers alike are increasingly turning to artnet Auctions due to the quality of the works offered on our site, and our comparatively low 10% buyer’s and seller’s premiums."

Dali and His Muse Gala by Marc Lacroix

A small chinese porcelain dark aubergine-glazed bottle vase, 18th century

A small chinese porcelain dark aubergine-glazed bottle vase, 18th century

9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high, wood stand . Est. $3,000 - $4,000

Christie's Interiors. 30 June - 1 July 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com

Trois photos d'Asie par Alfred de Anceau Merehend (1857-1954) , c.1910

Alfred de Anceau Merehend (1857-1954) Scène de rue. Asie, c. 1910.

Tirage argentique réalisé par Hubert Migeot. HC 1/2. 30 x 24 cm. Estimation : 150 / 200 €

Alfred de Anceau Merehend (1857-1954). Echoppe. Asie, c. 1910.

Tirage argentique réalisé par Hubert Migeot. HC 1/2.  30 x 24 cm. Estimation : 150 / 200 €

Alfred de Anceau Merehend (1857-1954) Temple. Asie, c. 1910.

Tirage argentique réalisé par Hubert Migeot. HC 1/2. 30 x 24 cm. Estimation : 150 / 200 €

Vente du Mercredi 1er juillet 2009. Photographies Anciennes, Modernes et Contemporaines. Ader - Paris. Expert M. Antoine ROMAND. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 53 40 77 10.

Wim Delvoye, Cabinet (Installation of 14 Delft sawblades and 2 Delft gas canisters), 1990

Wim Delvoye, Cabinet (Installation of 14 Delft sawblades and 2 Delft gas canisters), 1990

Fourteen Delft painted sawblades and two Delft painted gas canisters in wood and glass cabinet.  217 x 111 x 54 cm. (85 1/2 x 43 3/4 x 21 1/4 in).  Signed and inscribed 'WDelvoye Installation of 14 Delft Saw Blades and 2 Delft gas cans' on a label adhered to the reverse of the cabinet. Est. £55,000-65,000

PROVENANCE Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporeanea, Lucca, Italy

NOTE The art of Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is notable for the irony and humour with which it subverts popular and common objects. The work of this critic of modern consumerism has often been compared to that of a sixteen-century compatriot, Bruegel, who filled his paintings with incongruous associations bearing the stamp of folklore and the burlesque. Delvoye thus belongs in a specifically Belgian artistic tradition of combining humour, absurdity and incongruity, one that stretches from bambochades to Marcel Broodthaers. But Delvoye’s influences are not limited to this culture of carnivalesque laughter, for he has also been inspired by the decorative features of the Gothic architecture found in abundance in his homeland, and uses rose windows, ogive arches and blazons to decorate the everyday objects that he appropriates from our consumer society, such as diggers, concrete mixers, trucks and ironing boards. (K. Tuszynski, Of Mice And Men, X Rays, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, 2008)

Philips de Pury & Company. Contempory Art Evenig Sale. Juen 29 2009 London. www.phillipsdepury.com 

Photos de Chine, de 1910 à Marc Rboud, 1957

Chine, c. 1910. Vieil homme. Musicien. Le pont de la pleine lune du Palais d'été.

Trois tirages argentiques d'époque dans leur cadre d'origine, colorisés à la main. Timbres à sec North China Photo Art Inc.et The Kodak Shop sur deux des tirages. De 47 x 29 à 29,5 x 60 cm. Estimation : 500 / 600 €

Chine, c. 1930. Chine du Nord, habitants.

Petit album oblong contenant 26 tirages argentiques d'époque, légendés en anglais sur les montages et titré : "Just a few of the North China, Inhabitants". 7,5 x 9,5 cm.

On joint : 13 tirages argentiques d'époque (c. 1920), légendés aux versos à la mine de plomb. 18 x 12 cm. Un album oblong titré "The Most Intersting Places of Beijing", contenant 82 tirages argentiques colorisés (c. 1910), légendés sur les montages et aux versos. 6,5 x 11 cm.

Chine. Tang-Kou, Nganking, Pékin, Shangaï, Wuchang, Hankéou.

72 tirages albumniés et aristotypes d'époque.  De 5 x 7,5 à 11 x 8 cm. Estimation : 300 / 400 €

Marc Riboud (né en 1923) Anshan (Chine), 1957.

Tirage argentique postérieur, signé au feutre noir dans la marge inférieure à droite, titré et daté à gauche. Tampon Marc Riboud au verso.
40 x 30,5 cm. Estimation : 1 800 / 2 200 €

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Yan Pei-Ming (B. 1960), Timonier 009, 1998

Yan Pei-Ming (B. 1960), Timonier 009, 1998

Oil on canvas.  130 x 97 cm. (51 1/8 x 38 1/8 in).  Signed, titled and dated ‘"Timonier 009" 98 Yan Pei-Ming [in Chinese and Pinyin]' on the reverse. Est. £150,000-200,000

PROVENANCE Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris; Private collection, Paris

NOTE "When I was little in Shanghai I started drawing Mao, when I arrived in France I painted him too, I started painting him formally in 1987. In 1991 I had my first solo exhibition, at the time all the paintings were giant portraits of Mao, I titled the show myself, "Through his history my stories just started"... Mao is an icon, he is also a part of history of China, I myself don't have any history, they don't know who I am...After seeing Mao, I understand the idea of being Chinese; I understand the place where I come from, this was what I was thinking then". (Yan Pei-Ming in conversation withY.You,Fearless: In Conversation with the artist, 24 February, 2006,www.arts.tom.com)

Philips de Pury & Company. Contempory Art Evenig Sale. Juen 29 2009 London. www.phillipsdepury.com 

Adolphe Braun (1811-1877). Athènes. Le Parthénon, c. 1870 et Grèce, XIXe siècle

Grèce, XIXe siècle. Athènes, l'Acropole. La tour des vents.Église de la Vierge. Le temple de Zeus. L'Erechtéion et les Propylées. Antiquités grecques du British Museum. c. 1860-1880.

Neuf tirages albuminés, montés pour la plupart sur cartons légendés, par Dimitrios Constantin, W. A. Mansell et divers. Format moyen : 26 x 20 cm Estimation : 900 / 1 200 €

On joint deux tirages argentiques d'époque par Vizzavona sur les frises du Parthénon, c. 1910. Tampon du photographe au verso. 26 x 34 cm

Adolphe Braun (1811-1877). Athènes. Le Parthénon, c. 1870.

Tirage au charbon d'époque, marouflé sur toile. 60 x 78 cm. Estimation : 400 / 500 €

Vente du Mercredi 1er juillet 2009. Photographies Anciennes, Modernes et Contemporaines. Ader - Paris. Expert M. Antoine ROMAND. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 53 40 77 10.

Ed Ruscha, Doric, 1996

Ed Ruscha, Doric, 1996

Acrylic on canvas. 137.2 by 101.6 cm. (54 x 40 in).   Signed and dated 'Ed Ruscha 1996' on the reverse; titled 'Doric' on the overlap; signed, titled and dated 'Ed Ruscha Doric 1996' on the stretcher. This work will be included in the forthcoming Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume Five: 1993-1997, edited by Robert Dean and Lisa Turvey. Est. £250,000-350,000

PROVENANCE James Corcoran Gallery, New York; Private Collection, New York; Max Lang Gallery, New York; Collection of Mark Neuberger, New York

NOTE Ed Ruscha's dramatic 1996 painting entitled Doric belongs to a body of work influenced by the secondary effects of light. As the title suggests, the silhoutte of an ancient Greek temple forms the subject of the present lot. Executed in nuances of black, blue and white, Ruscha was influenced by the Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline. "I remember this notion I had in school about Franz Kline, thinking how great it was that this man only worked with black and white. I thought at some point in my life I would also work with black and white, and here it is."(Ed Ruscha as quoted in R. D.Marshall, Ed Ruscha, NewYork, p. 210)

In contrast to Franz Kline's vigorous brushstrokes however, Ruscha's "intent is to produce a flat, photographic finish.The dark paintings came mostly from photography, although they are not photographically done or anything. I feel that they are related to the subject of photography.They are dark and strokeless.They're painted with an airbrush." (Ibid, p. 211) Another artist influenced by photography is Andy Warhol whose Shadow paintings immediately come to mind when viewing Ed Ruscha's Doric. In fact both Ruscha and Warhol share a common desire evident throughout their oeuvre to depict negative space as a sacred, ephemeral force.The stillness and calm of Ruscha's Doric, likeWarhol's Shadows, hints at therepresentation of the divine.

Philips de Pury & Company. Contempory Art Evenig Sale. Juen 29 2009 London. www.phillipsdepury.com

Photos de Venise, par Carlo NAYA, c. 1870 et colorisés à la main, par Salviati et Alinari, c. 1880

Carlo NAYA, (1816-1882). Venise, c. 1870.

14 tirages albuminés, montés sur cartons légendés. Format moyen : 27 x 35 cm. Estimation : 1 000 / 1 200 €

Italie, XIXe siècle. Venise, c. 1880.

20 tirages albuminés, certains colorisés à la main, par Salviati et Alinari, montés sur cartons. Légendes dans l'image en bas ou timbre à sec. Format moyen : 19 x 25 cm. Estimation : 200 / 300 €

On joint 24 reproductions d'oeuvres d'art par Carlo Naya. 25,5 x 19 cm.

Vente du Mercredi 1er juillet 2009. Photographies Anciennes, Modernes et Contemporaines. Ader - Paris. Expert M. Antoine ROMAND. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 53 40 77 10.