Nobuyoshi Araki, seven gelatin silver prints @ Philips de Pury & Co

Nobuyoshi Araki, Kinbaku, 1979-83. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 32.1 x 22.5 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in).  Signed in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE £3,000-5,000 ‡

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Japan

Nobuyoshi Araki, S & M Sniper Vol. 4, 1986 from Araki Case Files, 1985 -87. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 23.5 x 32.7 cm (9 1/4 x 12 7/8 in).  Signed in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE £3,000-5,000 ‡

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Japan

Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled, 1985. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 25.9 x 32.7 cm (10 3/16 x 12 7/8 in).  Signed in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE £3,000-5,000 ‡

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Japan

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Self Diary, 1986. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 23.8 x 33.3 cm (9 3/8 x 13 1/8 in).  Signed in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE £3,000-5,000 ‡

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Japan

LITERATURE Araki by Araki: The Photographer’s Personal Selection, 1963-2002, Kyoto: Kodansha International, 2003, p. 202

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print with watercolour, printed later. 30.5 x 20.3 cm (12 x 8 in).  Signed and dated in ink on the recto. ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Europe

LITERATURE Araki by Araki: The Photographer’s Personal Selection, 1963-2002, Kyoto: Kodansha International, 2003, p. 332 (variant)

Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Cubes #16 and #17, 1994. photo courtesy Philips de Pury & Co

Two gelatin silver prints. Each 24.8 x 24.8 cm (9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in).  Each signed in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE £1,800-2,200

PROVENANCE White Cube, London

LITERATURE J. Sans, Araki, London: Taschen, 2007, p. 114 (ii)

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