The Best of the Christie’s Photo Auction

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The Best of the Christie’s Photo Auction

Untitled, 1975 by Ralph Gibson

We love a good belly photo.

It comes from an omnibus photo auction coming to Christies’ this Monday, and in the name of spreading the art around, we’ve pulled out some of the best of the bunch. That means Keith Richards, Mark Rothko and Horst P. Horst, along with some of best suits of the 1930s.

Patti Hansen and Keith Richards, 1981 by Arthur Elgort

Venice, 1962 by Robert Frank

Joan Miro, 1947 by George Platt Lynes

Kiev Railroad Station, Moscow, 1959 by William Klein

Mark Rothko, 1949-1950 by William Heick

Untitled, from ‘Tulsa’, 1979 by Larry Clark

American Nude I, New York, 1982 by Horst P. Horst

Jean Cocteau, 1949 by Yousuf Karsh

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