Christie's unveils 300 masterpieces for April Photography Auction

Christie's announced Photographs, an online auction taking place from 3 –17 April, with more than 300 engaging and significant works spanning the history of the 20th and 21st century. The sale features a strong selection of vintage and modernist works from the first half of the 20th century alongside post‐war and contemporary photographs by Richard Avedon, Diane Arbus, Helmut Newton, Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sally Mann, Andreas Gursky, and many others. Rebecca Jones, Christie's Head of Photographs, New York, comments: “In addition to the wonderful early Modernist works we have gathered, this season we are also proud to present a significant group of Irving Penn works, with several images that have never been offered at auction before. Penn remains one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, celebrated for his striking still lifes, vivid dye‐transfer prints, iconic fashion