NEW YORK, NY.- During Christie’s April Photographs sales, a comprehensive selection of more than 300 photographs will be offered both in live auctions at the Rockefeller Center, New York saleroom as well as on the Christie’s online platform. Included in the live auctions, taking place on April 6th, will be a stand-alone sale of forty-five works from The Yamakawa Collection, comprising many of the most well-known photographers working in America during the 20th century, such as Diane Arbus, Robert Frank and Ansel Adams, as well as a small group of works by Post-War Japanese photographers Daido Moriyama, Eikoh Hosoe and Ikko Narahara. Among the highlights of the April sales will be Diane Arbus’ momentous portfolio ‘A box of ten photographs’ from the Yamakawa Collection.

Featured in the Photographs Various Owners live sale at 2PM will be iconic works by Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Sally Mann and more, along with a section of contemporary works from the Collection of Melva Bucksbaum. Further highlights include two very rare Edward Weston palladium prints (lots 113 & 114).

Concurrently, from April 3–11, Christie’s will offer online over 100 works by seminal American photographer Walker Evans from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. All three sales will be publicly previewed in New York starting March 30 through April 5 at 20 Rockefeller Plaza.

HIGHLIGHTS | THE YAMAKAWA COLLECTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS | April 6, 2018 | 11 AM

• ROBERT FRANK (B. 1924) Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 Gelatin silver print Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

• DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971) A box of ten photographs Portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints Estimate: $500,000 – 700,000

• DAIDO MORIYAMA (B. 1938) Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971 Gelatin silver print Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000

HIGHLIGHTS | PHOTOGRAPHS | APRIL 6, 2018 | 2PM

• RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955 Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on linen Estimate: $300,000 – 500,000

• ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958 Gelatin silver mural print Estimate: $150,000 – 250,000

• PATRICK DEMARCHELIER (B. 1943) Nude, St. Barthelemy, 1989 Gelatin silver print Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

• PETER BEARD (B. 1938) Lioness and Birds, 1984 Estimate: $200,000 – 300,000