As one of the most photographed models in the world, Kate Moss gave her blessing to the sale, which, unsurprisingly, “attracted worldwide attention and admiration” according to Philippe Garner, Christie’s international head of photographs.
The collection of mostly photographs and several artworks of the 39-year-old throughout her career were amassed by Gert Elfering, a German photographer, gallery-owner and long term collector of photographic art.
The artwork which fetched the most was a sculpture of Moss measuring 185cm in height by Allen Jones. Numbered one of just six editions, the glass-reinforced composite, titled ‘A model Model’, was created only this year. It was sold for £133,875. Jones’s oil painting, ‘Kate in red’, also from 2013, was the second-highest grossing item at £121,875.
In the pre-lot text, Allen was quoted as saying: “As a model, Kate has become a commodity. For the media she is news, and for artists she is now subject matter.”
Chris Levine’s ‘She’s Light’ (main picture), a chromogenic lenticular image of a naked Moss in a light-box, fetched £115,875, setting a world record price for the artist.
In total, from 48 lots, the auction made £1,665,500.
Photographers Craig McDean and Mario Sorrenti also realised new world records for the price of their work. McDean’s iconic photo of Moss wearing a khaki parka inscribed with God Save The Queen (below) for the June 2002 issue of i-D magazine fetched £49,875. Sorrenti’s black and white image of Moss lying naked on a sofa, taken while the two were a couple in 1992 for the Calvin Klein Obsession campaign, realised a price of £49,875.
Craig McDean’s 2002 photo of Moss for i-D.
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