Christie's begins its 2011 photo season with a solid selection of contemporary photography in its Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day auctions at King Street on the 16th and 17th. The top eight lots consist of work by just four artists: Gursky, Sugimoto, Sherman, and Gilbert & George. Overall, there are 41 photography lots on offer across the two sales, with a Total High Estimate of £3920000, an increase in estimate value of over 240% compared to the same sale last year. Here's the breakdown:
Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including £5000): 1
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): £4000
Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of Low lots): £4000
Total Mid Lots (high estimate between £5000 and £25000): 23
Total Mid Estimate: £351000
Total Mid Estimate: £351000
Total High Lots (high estimate above £25000): 17
Total High Estimate: £3565000
Total High Estimate: £3565000
The top lot by High estimate is lot 17, Andreas Gursky, Untitled V, 1997, at £800000-1200000. (Image at right, top, via Christie's.)Here is the list of photographers who are represented by two or more lots in the two sales (with the number of lots in parentheses):
Andreas Gursky (5)
Hiroshi Sugimoto (5)
Candida Höfer (3)
Anselm Kiefer (3)
Zhang Huan (3)
Nobuyoshi Araki (2)
Gilbert & George (2)
Vik Muniz (2)
Shirin Neshat (2)
Cindy Sherman (2)
(Lot 54, Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Last Supper, 2000, at £400000-600000, image at right, bottom, and lot 15, Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still (#34), 1979, at £200000-300000, image at right, middle, via Christie's.)
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