Sothebys: Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection, pf2540, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 63 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 Jurgen Teller

Versace Heart campaign for SZ magazine (8 photographs)

1996 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
53 Thomas Ruff

nudes wr 30

2000 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,480.00
54 Paul Graham

Untitled #42 (from End of an Age)

1997 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
55 Louise Lawler

Who Says Who Shows Who Counts

1989 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
56 Thomas Demand

Flur

1996 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
57 Timm Rautert

Blinky Palermo, Krefeld (2 photographs)

1973 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
58 Robert Mapplethorpe

Flower Arrangement

1986 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
59 Desiree Dolron

Xteriors V

2001-2009, printed 2010 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
60 Andres Serrano

The Church (St. Clotilde II, Paris)

1991 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
61 Andres Serrano

Black Supper

1990 EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 114,300.00
62 Matthew Barney

Cremaster 5: Court of Chain (Triptych)

1997 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
63 Albert Watson

Golden Boy, New York City

1990 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
64 Timm Ulrichs

Ich kann keine Kunst mehr sehen

1975, printed in 2002 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
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