Sotheby’s New York Highlights Release FINE EUROPEAN FURNITURE Exhibition opens: 27 March INCLUDING TAPESTRIES, SILVER, CERAMICS AND CARPETS 1 April 2010
of the leading photographers of the second half of the 20th century will be offered, among them Peter Beard, Chuck Close, David Levinthal, Robert Frank, David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe and, perhaps most significantly, Ansel Adams, who is represented by over 400 photographs. The collection is estimated to fetch $7.2/11.1 million. Among the highlights is Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, mural-sized gelatin silver print, Est. $250/350,000 and Chuck Close, 9-Part Self Portrait, a unique collage of large-format Polapan prints (est. $40/60,000).
For more information, please contact:
Lauren Gioia, lauren.gioia@sothebys.com
Blair Hance, blair.hance@sothebys.com
Dan Abernethy, dan.abernethy@sothebys.com
Emily Bergland, emily.bergland@sothebys.com
