Marilyn Monroe by Richard Avedon in 1957 in New York. ©D.R
On 16 and 17 December, Christie's NY will sell glamourous photographs from The Constantiner Collection. This collection gathered by Leon and Michaela Constantiner is beautiful. Avedon, Newton, Penn, Warhol, Lindbergh's photographs of fashion icons and sex symbols of Kate Moss, Stéphanie Seymour, Monica Belluci or Madonna, next to Marilyn Monroe and James Dean will be offered to the buyers.
The sale is estimated to reach between 7,5 -11 million dollars. Among these 320 lots, there 5 great themes. Helmut Newton's oeuvre is showcased through fashions photographs, Playboy's archive's cliches, « Sex & Landscapes » 2002's exhibitions polaroïds shots.
The second big theme is "A Golden Era of Elegance", with illustrations from the 30's to today with Irving Penn or Richard Avedon's pictures with the famour Stéphanie Seymour's shot, estimated to reach between 85 000 and 128 000 €.
Third main section of the colelction: Hollywood, which emphasizes cinema icons such as James Dean, Ava Gardner, Faye Dunaway, Marlene Dietrich, Raquel Welch or Charlotte Rampling. Marilyn Monroe, absolut icon, will be the star of this sale with photographs by Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon.
New York City will highly be in that sale as well with photographs of the big Apple by Karl Struss or Hiroshi Sugimoto.
We'll all be looking forward to getting the results of it !
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