Christie’s spring Photographs auction in New York features works representing the entire history of the medium. Twentieth-century highlights of the sale will include a rare, oversized portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Alexander Rodchenko; a group of lush, Pictorialist works from the 1900s coming from a private collection; five monumental works from Richard Avedon’s In The American West series; along with more exceptional photographs by Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, James Van Der Zee, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar and many more. Contemporary highlights include works by Nick Brandt, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Misrach, Wolfgang Tillmans, Dawoud Bey, Alison Rossiter, Lynn Davis and others. As market leaders of the category, Christie’s spring Photographs auction will offer opportunities to acquire photographs of the highest quality and historical significance.