Genevieve Janvrin & Yuka Yamaji, Co-Heads of Photographs for Phillips, Europe, said, “This season we presented the 11th edition of ULTIMATE, which was 96% sold and led by the top lot of the sale, Peter Beard’s 756 elephants. ULTIMATE also saw strong results for Wolfgang Tillmans, Idris Khan, Amanda Means, and Bastiaan Woudt, who made his auction debut. Confirming the continued global enthusiasm and demand for Latin American photography, we are thrilled to have established world auction records for Fernell Franco and Graciela Sacco. Reaffirming the global appeal for Modernist masters, the sale opened with a standout result for Constantin Brancusi, and concluding the sale was the Property of a Private European Collector, led by Thomas Struth’s Museo del Prado 3, Madrid.”
New Auction Records Set for Thierry Cohen, Fernell Franco, Amanda Means, and Graciela Sacco
TOP TEN LOTS
| Lot | Description | Estimate | Price Achieved |
| 10 | Peter Beard, 756 elephants…for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise, 1976 | £100,000 – 150,000 | £212,500
$272,425/€245,374 |
| 43 | Peter Beard, The Gardeners of Eden, 1984 | £80,000 – 120,000 | £100,000
$128,200/€115,470 |
| 46 | Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11, 1979 | £80,000 – 120,000 | £81,250
$104,163/€93,819 |
| 20 | Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy, 1997 | £40,000 – 60,000 | £62,500
$80,125/€72,169 |
| 11 | Wolfgang Tillmans, apple tree (f), 2004 | £50,000 – 70,000 | £62,500
$80,125/€72,169 |
| 91 | Thomas Struth, Museo del Prado 3, Madrid, 2005 | £50,000 – 70,000 | £60,000
$76,920/€69,282 |
| 12 | Idris Khan, every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Prison Type Gasholder, 2004 | £30,000 – 50,000 | £47,500
$60,895/€54,848 |
| 1 | Constantin Brancusi, Femme se regardant dans un miroir, 1909 | £20,000 – 30,000 | £43,750
$56,088/€50,518 |
| 2 | Hans Bellmer, La Poupée, 1936 | £30,000 – 50,000 | £37,500
$48,075/€43,301 |
| 16 | Bastiaan Woudt, thula, Alkmaar, 2017 | £18,000 – 22,000 | £35,000
$44,870/€40,415 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
| Lot | Description | Estimate | Price Achieved |
| 14 | Thierry Cohen, Rio de Janeiro 22° 56’ 42’’ S 2011-06-04 LST 12:34 fromDarkened Cities, 2011 | £20,000 – 30,00 | £20,000
$25,640/€23,094 |
| *previous record price: €18,200 set in 2017 | |||
| 17 | Amanda Means, Light Bulb 00062C, 2007 | £10,000 – 15,000 | £21,250
$27,243/€24,537 |
| *previous record price: $3,584 set in 2013 | |||
| 55 | Graciela Sacco, Adelante from Cuerpo a cuerpo, 2015 | £20,000 – 30,000 | £22,500
$28,845/€25,981 |
| *previous record price: $17,500 set in 2013 | |||
| 57 | Fernell Franco, Retratos de ciudad, 1994 | £10,000 – 15,000 | £20,000
$25,640/€23,094 |
| *previous record price: £10,000 set in 2016 | |||
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