Fine Photographs
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Lots: 351
This May, Chiswick Auctions presents a diverse and exciting selection of vintage, modern, and contemporary photography, going under the hammer on 21 May 2026. Central to the sale is a curated selection of British photography from across the 20th century — including iconic works by Martin Parr, definitive Picture Post images from social documentarians Bert Hardy and Thurston Hopkins, luminous landscapes by rambler-photographer Fay Godwin, and a fascinating archive of personal vintage prints from the studio of Dorothy Wilding, Britain's first female royal photographer. The sale also features a wide-array of 20th-century photographs from across the pond, including vintage prints by American landscape masters Edward Weston and Brett Weston, a rare Ansel Adams view of Unicorn Peak, Yosemite, a unique combination print-postcard, hand-annotated and posted by Sally Mann in 1975, and an impressive print of William Klein's 1954 "Gun I, New York", contact sheet, overpainted in 2004 and editioned as an oversized print. Highlights from later in the 20th century include a strong selection of fashion photographs, including works by Terence Donovan, Sarah Moon, Helmut Newton, Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts, and Juergen Teller, among many others.
Lot 193 - George Forss (1941-2021) Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, New York, 1976
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 194 - Terry Wild (b.1947) Suburbia [California & Pennsylvania], 1971-1972
Sold for £5,922
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 195 - George Forss (1941-2021) Lower Manhattan From Brooklyn Heights, New York, 1976
Sold for £277
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 196 - § Robert Dowling (b.1946) 1956 Corvette Stingray, Monument Valley, 1987
Sold for £454
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 198 - § Ernst Haas (1921-1986) Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978
Sold for £1,260
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 199 - Richard Misrach (b.1949) Clearing Storm Near Kingman, November 12, 1985
Sold for £2,520
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 200 - Stephen Shore (b.1947) Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, California, September 10, 1974
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 204 - § Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) Faye Dunaway, The Morning After, 1976
Sold for £3,150
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 205 - § Terence Donovan (1936-1996) Twiggy, 3 June 1966
Sold for £1,764
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 207 - § Brian Duffy (1933-2010) Girl with Chauffeur, for "Queen" Magazine, 1965
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 209 - Jean Jacques Bugat (b.1948) Place de la Concorde, Paris 1960
Sold for £1,512
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 213 - § Terence Donovan (1936-1996) Monica Vitti [Model Test], 11 October 1967
Sold for £252
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 214 - Bob Willoughby (1927-2009) Audrey Hepburn at Paramount Studios, 1953
Sold for £328
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 215 - W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) Charlie Chaplin on the Set of "Limelight", Hollywood, 1952
Sold for £378
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 216 - Bob Willoughby (1927-2009) Audrey Hepburn at Paramount Studios, 1953
Sold for £277
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 218 - Herman Leonard (1923-2010) "Prez" Lester Young, NYC, 1948
Sold for £882
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 220 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe Memorising Lines on the Set of The Misfits, 1960
Sold for £252
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 222 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe on the Set of The Misfits, 1960
Sold for £554
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 224 - § Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) Elton John at Home in Windsor, 1974
Sold for £2,016
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 225 - Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) The Rolling Stones, Tin Pan Alley, 1963
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 226 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe on the Set of The Misfits, 1960
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 228 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe, Chatting on the Set of The Misfits, 1960
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 229 - Homer Sykes (b.1949) Boy George & Wilf Rogers, The Blitz Club, Covent Garden, London, 1980
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 232 - Bob Willoughby (1927-2009) My Fair Lady, 1963 [Set of Oversized Contact Sheets]
Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 233 - Eve Arnold (1912-2012) Marilyn Monroe on the Set of The Misfits, 1960
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 237 - § Helmut Newton (1920-2004) Nude on Seaweed, Saint Tropez, 1981
Estimated at £7,000 - £9,000
Lot 238 - § Terence Donovan (1936-1996) Joséphine Florent, 21 August 1978
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,600
Lot 240 - Jean-Pierre Masclet (b.1959) Loulou de la Falaise, 1984
Sold for £1,512
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 248 - § Nadav Kander (b.1961) Swimmer, Cannes, France, 1993
Sold for £2,016
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 255 - § Lucien Clergue (1934 - 2014) Quatres Nus dans la Cité, New York, 1983
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 256 - Sante D'Orazio (b.1956) Helena Christensen, Palm Springs, California, 1994
Sold for £1,512
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 257 - § Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022) Shalom, Paris, 1995
Sold for £2,268
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 258 - Herb Ritts (1952 - 2002) Mel Gibson, Hollywood, 1985
Sold for £1,008
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 259 - § Corinne Day (1965-2010) Modern Life is Rubbish, 1991
Sold for £529
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 261 - § Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022) Kate Moss, New York, 1992
Sold for £1,197
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 262 - § Juergen Teller (b.1964) Stephanie in Bedroom, Connecticut, USA, 2000
Sold for £2,772
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 267 - Eric Madigan Heck (b.1983) Valentino, Old Future, 2014
Sold for £3,528
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 272 - Josef Hoflehner (b.1955) Water Buffalo, Li River, China, 2006
Sold for £378
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 273 - Bruce Rae (b.1946) Flora Series I [Numbers 4, 9, & 10), c. early 2000s
Sold for £504
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 275 - Trevor Ashby (b.1944) British Coastal Landscape Studies, 1990s
Sold for £126
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 277 - Hiroshi Sugimoto (b.1948) Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, 1989 [from Time Exposed]
Sold for £2,016
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 278 - Stephen Shore (b.1947) Sutter Street and Crestline Road, Fort Worth, Texas, June 3, 1976
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 279 - Hiroshi Sugimoto (b.1948) Black Sea, Ozuluce, 1991 [from Time Exposed]
Sold for £1,386
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 283 - § Albert Watson (b.1942) Flower Seller, Maroc, 1989
Sold for £126
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 284 - § Michael Kenna (b.1953) The Rouge, Study 94, Dearborn, Michigan, 1995
Sold for £504
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 286 - § Thomas Ruff (b.1958) Sterne, 05h 12m / -70°, 1989-1992
Sold for £2,016
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 287 - § Simon Norfolk (b.1963) BBC South Atlantic Relay Station, Ascension Island, 2003
Sold for £3,528
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 288 - § Thomas Ruff (b.1958) Sterne, 20h 00m / -50°, 1989-1992
Sold for £1,071
Includes Buyer's Premium