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| Artnet Top Ten 4/25/03 The market for photography as an art form has come a long way in the last several decades. Pictures that were once sold for less than $100, or even casually thrown away, are now hot properties on the auction market. Though the million-dollar photograph is yet to appear at auction, it seems sure to come. In the meantime, the Artnet Top Ten presents the ten photographers whose works have sold for the highest prices at auction, presented in conjunction with the spring photo sales in New York. (We've omitted the albums by Edward S. Curtis and Charles Marville that achieved high prices in these sales.) As always, the results are taken from Artnet's signature Fine Art Auctions Database; subscriptions begin at $29.95 (for more info, go to member services). |
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1. Gustave le Gray (1820-1882) Grande vague -- séte ca. 1855 albumen print, ca. 14 x 16 in. inscribed, stamped £507,500 ($838,704) (est. £40,000-£60,000) Sotheby's London Oct. 27, 1999 Note: Two other photos by le Gray sold at the same auction, for £419,500 and £386,500, snagging the top three places on the list. |
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2. Andreas Gursky (b. 1955) Untitled V (with Nina Pohl) 1997 C print, 73 x 174 in., edition of six signed, inscribed £432,750 ($611,229) (est. £150,000-£200,000) Christie's London Feb. 6, 2002 Note: In a top ten listing by price, Gursky photos have the fourth and ninth slots. |
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3. Man Ray (1890-1976) Noire et blanche, Paris 1926 gelatin silver print, ca. 9 x 11 in. stamped $607,500 (est. $600,000-$800,000) Christie's New York Oct. 5, 1998 |
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4. Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) Ford Works (Criss-crossed Conveyors, Ford Plant) 1928 gelatin silver print, ca. 10 x 8 in. inscribed, stamped $607,500 (est. $150,000-$250,000) Sotheby's New York Oct. 6, 1999 |
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5. Paul Strand (1890-1976) Mullein, Maine 1927 platinum print, 10 x ca. 8 in. signed, inscribed $607,500 (est. $250,000-$350,000) Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg Apr. 15, 2002 |
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6. Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) Light Trap for Henry Moore, No. 1 1967 black & white photograph, 64 x 40 in. unique $533,750 (est. $250,000-$350,000) Sotheby's New York May 17, 2000 |
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7. August Sander (1876-1964) Handlanger, porteur de briques 1927 gelatin silver print, ca. 10 x 8 in. signed, inscribed, stamped £265,000 ($438,770) (est. £20,000-£30,000) Sotheby's London Oct. 27, 1999 |
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8. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) From the Back Window -- 291 -- N.Y., January 1917 platinum print, ca. 9 x 7 in. signed, inscribed $420,500 (est. $120,000-$180,000) Sotheby's New York Oct. 6, 1999 |
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9. Rineke Dijkstra (b. 1959) Hilton Head Island, S.C., USA, June 24, 1992 1992-96 C-print, ca. 75 x 61 in., set of six $405,500 (est. $120,000-$180,000) Christie's New York May 14, 2002 |
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10. Edward Steichen (1879-1973) In Memoriam 1904 gum bichromate heightened with color, ca. 19 x 14 in. signed £243,500 ($402,412) (est. £40,000-£60,000) Sotheby's London Oct. 27, 1999 |
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