© Ronald Traeger (1936-1968) Twiggy for Vogue, Battersea Park, London, 1967 Gelatin silver print, printed 2002 36 x 24.3cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8in) Estimate £800–1200
Ventes du 20/5/2016 au 20/5/2016 Terminé
Bloomsbury Auctions 6 West 48th Street NY 10036 New York États-Unis
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Smile: Photographs and Photobooks from the 1960s will take place at 11am, Friday 20th May 2016 at 24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP (with a preview from 6-8pm at Bloomsbury House on 17th May). This exciting collection of photographs and photobooks features some of the most iconic images from the sixties many of which are embedded in our cultural history. The auction includes images from the music, fashion and film industries as well as popular culture and events which made the news of the day.Bloomsbury Auctions 6 West 48th Street NY 10036 New York États-Unis
London of the Beatles is depicted with images of Twiggy (lots 1 & 2), Jane Shrimpton (lots 3 & 4), David Frost and TW3 (lots 7 & 8), The Who (lot 13), David Hemming and Vanessa Belgrave in Blow Up (lot 12). A Box of Pinups by the photographer synonymous with the decade, David Bailey, also features and includes 36 portraits of the stars of the 60s (lot 9, £5,000-8,000).
© Robert Whitaker (1939-2011)
John Lennon, Tokyo, 1966
Lambda print, printed 2002
29.5 x 39.6cm (11 5/8 x 15 5/8in)
Estimate £800–1200
Amongst music photography's best-known images is Iain MacMillan’s universally acclaimed shots of The Beatles on Abbey Road. The original idea was conceived by Paul McCartney, who sketched out exactly how he wanted the album cover to look. Local police only allowed traffic to be held up for 10 minutes for MacMillan to take his photographs, and he managed to get six shots. Here are the original six frames as well as the back cover of Abbey Road, estimated at £50,000- £70,000 (Lot 20). Other musicians from the decade are present with photographs of the Rolling Stones, including a shot by Terry O’Neill in the Tin Pan Alley on the blink of their career in 1963, Jimi Hendrix (lot 57) and Bob Dylan filming Subterranean Homesick Blues song in 1966 (lot 58).
© NASA
The Mercury Seven, January 1961
Large-format vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper
27.8 x 35.6cm (11 x 14in.)
Estimate £600–800
Other highlights include a series of fashion photographs of the actress and model Brigitte Bardot by French photographer Sam Lévin (1904 - 1992). Lévin photographed Bardot over a period of 20 years. Particularly evocative images of the idol include Brigitte with Black Lace, 1963 (lot 28) and Golden Chair, 1963 (lot 31) along with three other portraits, each estimated of £1,000-£1,500. Further portraits of Bardot by Terry O'Neill, Jean Barthet and Patrick Morin reveal various facets of the muse, on set and in real life. The auction includes other icons of the decade: Raquel Welch on a cross, (lot 42, est. £4,000-6,000), her personal response to feminists whom she felt were ‘crucifying’ her because of her sex symbol status; Marilyn Monroe in her last photo sessions, 1962 (lots 43-47) and Jane Birkin, in French sexual revolution campaign mode, (lots 37-39).