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artnet Auctions Launches 'Faces & Figures' Famous Photographs Sale |
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| Written by Roy Zander |
| Friday, 15 January 2010 00:38 |
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Also featured in this group are ten magnificent portraits by fashion photographer Sante D’Orazio, including The Rolling Stones, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell (estimates: $1,000-$1,500 each). D’Orazio's stunning celebrity photos have appeared in publications from Vogue to Vanity Fair.  Figures in Motion The sale also celebrates the body in motion from actors to athletes, including a classic 1955 photograph of James Dean walking in Times Square by Dennis Stock (estimate: $2,000-$3,000) and a fearsome 1970 photograph of Muhammad Ali by photojournalist Bill Ray (estimate: $2,500-$3,500). More recent works include David LaChapelle’s "Pamela Anderson in Terrarium", Los Angeles, a wry commentary on society's voyeuristic tendencies (estimate: $18,000-$24,000) and a jubilant Gisele Bündchen posing as a cowgirl in a 2009 photograph by Mark Seliger (estimate: $7,000-$9,000). Nudes Rounding out the sale is an extraordinary collection of nudes by artists including Edward Weston, Ruth Bernhard, Daido Moriyama and Thomas Ruff. "Charis Wilson Nude", 1934, is one of a series of studies Weston photographed in the 1930s of the model who later became his wife (estimate: $7,000-$9,000). Ruth Bernhard met Weston in 1935 and was inspired by his work. Bernhard’s "Nude in the Box, Horizontal", 1962, combines Weston’s rigorous composition with a heightened sense of mood and contrast (estimate: $16,000-$25,000). Also offered in the sale are contemporary nudes such as the provocative "Nude, Setagay-ku, Tokyo, 1986", by Daido Moriyama and two C-prints from Thomas Ruff's 2002 series "Nudes" (estimates: $6,500-$8,500 each). Daido Moriyama shows the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialised parts. His work was often stark and contrasting within itself. One image could convey an array of senses; all without using color. His work was jarring, yet symbiotic to his own fervent lifestyle. Among the most famous of Moriyama's works is the 1971 shot of a stray dog (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and many others featuring everyday objects or landscapes shot from unfamiliar angles, giving them a stark perspective. Among the artists to have influenced Moriyama are Andy Warhol, William Klein and the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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