Photographs

Cédric Delsaux, Tchernobyl 5, salle d'attente, Prypiat, Ukraine, 2007. Courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NY (Paris Photo 2010). PARIS - Le salon Paris Photo consacre son édition 2010 – la 14e – à la photographie d’Europe centrale. Sur la centaine de galeries et d’éditeurs invités, une quinzaine en proviennent. On a vu récemment une belle exposition collective sur ce thème au Centre Pompidou, des rétrospectives Kertész (au Jeu de paume) et Moholy-Nagy (à Madrid puis au Martin Gropius Bau de Berlin, voir ci-dessous), il n’en... [Lire la suite]

Carlos Freire (né en 1945), Francis Bacon, London 1977, 1989. photo Tajan Paris Tirage argentique en noir & blanc. Signé et titré au dos; 40,5 x 30,5 cm - Estimation : 1 500 / 2 000 € Carlos Freire (né en 1945), Francis Bacon à son atelier de Londres en 1977, 1989. photo Tajan Paris Tirage argentique en noir & blanc. Signé et titré au dos; 30 x 41 cm - Estimation : 1 500 / 2 000 € Tajan - 75008 Paris. Vente du Mercredi 17 novembre 2010. Espace Tajan - 37 rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris. Pour tout... [Lire la suite]

Bettina Rheims (née en 1952), Chat tigré, Portrait, 1982. photo Tajan Paris Tirage argentique noir et blanc. Signé, titré, daté, situé Paris, numéroté 4/15 et annoté par l'artiste “This photograph was taken in 1982 and printed in 1982” et “Signed silver gelatin prints from this negative will not exceed 16 prints” au dos. 60,5 x 50,5 cm - Estimation : 600 / 800 € Bettina Rheims (née en 1952), Lapin Blanc, 1985-1995. photo Tajan Paris Tirage argentique noir et blanc. Signé, titré, daté, situé Paris, numéroté 2/15 et... [Lire la suite]

Willy Ronis (French, 1910-2009), Nu au chiffon Agnès B, Paris, 1988 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Gelatin silver print, with the photographer's stamp on the reverse. 15 x 22.5cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8in). Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500, EUR 1,100 - 1,700 Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com

Willy Ronis (French, 1910-2009), La Chevelure, Paris, 1990  © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Gelatin silver print, signed in the margin and with the photographer's '46, rue de Lagny' stamp on the reverse. Printed 2003. 40 x 30cm (15 3/4 x 11 13/16in). Estimate: £1,200 - 1,500, EUR 1,400 - 1,700 Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com

Angus McBean (British, 1904-1990), Audrey Hepburn, 1951 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Gelatin silver print, mounted on card. Signed and dated in ink on the mount. The reverse of mount inscribed by the photographer 'Copyright Angus McBean/The first published picture/of Audrey Hepburn-picked/out of a chorus line for/a beauty product ad 1951'. Printed 1980s. 24.9 x 20.1cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16in). Estimate: £800 - 1,200, EUR 920 - 1,400 Literature: Pepper, T., Angus McBean: Portraits (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2006),... [Lire la suite]

Angus McBean (British, 1904-1990), Elizabeth Taylor as Helen of Troy in Dr. Faustus, O.U.D.S., 1966 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on card. Signed and annotated 'London' in ink on the mount. Framed. Museum of Modern Art Wales label on reverse of frame from the 1994 exhibition 'Angus McBean: Stars In His Eyes'. 39.8 x 29.3cm (15 11/16 x 11 9/16in). Estimate: £700 - 1,000, EUR 800 - 1,100 Literature: Pepper, T., Angus McBean: Portraits (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2006), p.106, plate... [Lire la suite]

Herb Ritts (American, 1952-2002), Male Nude Horizontal, Los Angeles, 1987 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Toned gelatin silver print, flush-mounted to card. The photographer's copyright blindstamp in the margin. Signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/25' in pencil on the reverse. Framed. Paper 50.5 x 60.3cm (19 7/8 x 23 3/4in), image 47 x 58.2cm (18 1/2 x 22 7/8in). Estimate: £800 - 1,200, EUR 920 - 1,400 Provenance: With Hamiltons Gallery, London Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com

Horst P. Horst (German/American, 1906-1999), Male Nude Frontal II, New York, 1952 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Gelatin silver print, signed in pencil on the reverse. Printed later. 50.4 x 40.4cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8in). Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, EUR 3,400 - 4,600 Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com

Horst P. Horst (German/American, 1906-1999), Tulips, Oyster Bay, Long Island, 1989 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Gelatin silver print, with the photographer's blindstamp signature in the margin. Signed in pencil on the reverse and titled, dated and annotated 'SGP' in another hand. Printed later. 49.2 x 40.3cm (19 3/8 x 15 7/8in). Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, EUR 3,400 - 4,600 Literature: Horst, R.J. & Schirmer, L., Horst: Sixty Years of Photography (New York: Universe, 1991), plate 169 Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010.... [Lire la suite]