Bolaffi will be holding its first Photographs Auction on October 8th in Milan, Spazio Bigli (via Bigli 11/A), presenting over 280 lots of vintage and modern iconic photographs. The sale features a catalogue of pictures taken by some of the most illustrious members of the world of photography, such as Ansel Adams — whose “Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park” has a starting price of 5.000 Euro and is one of the top lots —, Berenice Abbott, with her portrayals of New York’s urban landscapes, Robert Doisneau, Mario Giacomelli, Steve McCurry and Stephen Shore. Photojournalism is well represented, with 10 works by Henri Cartier Bresson, widely considered as the father of photo reporting, as well as war images by Robert Capa, including a gelatin silver print featuring an “American soldier with war orphans”. A small but precious section is dedicated to the 19th century, with a major piece by British artist Julia Margaret Cameron dating back to 1864, “Adeline and Augusta Vaughan”, belonging to the most famous series of pre-raphaelite style women compositions: also among the sale’s top lots, with a starting price of 5.000 Euro. There also is an iconic photo of three Indian chiefs on their horses by Edward Curtis (“The three Piegan chiefs”, 1900, starting at 3.000 Euro); a fine selection of Italian photographers includesLuigi Ghirri, one of the country’s best-known photographers, as well as Nino Migliori, with his “Tuffatore” (“Diver”, starting at 2.000 Euro) and a fine selection of Mario Giacomelli’s landscapes and images from his beloved series “Pretini”, showing priests’ doing ring-a-ring-o-roses. To conclude, there are portraits of many VIPs from the fashion industry and the jet set: Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones by David Bailey, a nostalgic Marilyn Monroe in a black dress taken byBert Stern, young Richard Gere and David Hockney by Herb Ritts.
To browse the e-catalogue of the auction: www.astebolaffi.it/photographs/
AUCTION
BOLAFFI
Fotografia
On Thursday 8th October, 2015, at 3pm
Spazio Bigli
via Bigli 11/a
Milano
Italy
