Sale 2252
New York
|
16 - 17 December 2008
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
JEANLOUP SIEFF (1933-2000) Lingerie Studies, 1987-1992 3 gelatin silver prints each signed and dated in ink (in the margin); each titled, dated in ink and copyright credit stamp (on the verso); each with typed gallery label affixed (on the back of the overmat) or (on the frame backing) 11 7/8 x 7 7/8ins. (30.2 x 19.8cm.), and 11¼ x 11¼in. (28.4 x 28.4cm.) (3)
Provenance
Hamiltons Gallery, London; and Sotheby's, New York, April 18 1999, from lot 476.
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
The Japanese photographer’s work spans decades and, rather than seeking to capture the decisive moment, aims to evoke ‘the infinite and the immeasurable’
We visit the artist in Tokyo, where he discusses his celebrated images of old American movie theatres
Specialist Jude Hull’s three key considerations for new buyers, illustrated with works from Edition Gerd Hatje online sale
This English figure of Christ — one of only two of its type known to have survived the nine centuries since it was cast — was previously thought to have been French
Our Head of Handbags and Accessories on why this aluminium travel trunk is set to break auction records