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THE MAGAZINE UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Month of Photography
Autumn is still the best season for photography - not because of the November light, but
because of the programme of events. From London to Cologne and New York to Berlin we
find a plethora of auctions, particularly in Paris, which has become the capital for the speciality.
As witness these images…
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48 GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL I N° 19
9 November
For this Paris date, the Yann Le Mouel auction house,
assisted by its expert Viviane Esders, is bringing some
top international names in photography together:
the Frenchmen Eugène Atget ("Nu de la série Paris
Pittoresque III" from 1921: €3,000/4,000), Henri
Cartier Bresson ("Alicante": €8,000/12,000), Man Ray
(the book "Résurrection des mannequins" with 15
gelatine silver prints from 1966: €8,000/10,000) and
the Americans Richard Avedon (print of "Renée,
the New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde"
€15,000/20,000), Irving Penn (1957 portrait of Yves
Saint Laurent, €10,000/15,000) through to the
very contemporary Sandy Skoglund. Here we see
one of her photographs, "The Wedding" from
1994 (numbered 20/30 and estimated at
€10,000/15,000). Like most of her works, this one
features meticulous staging with a deliberately
Surrealist tone.