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The auction at Christie's in London includes work by eminent photographers such as Bill Brandt, Douglas Gordon, Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus. The late American photographer Richard Avedon's famous portrait 'Nastassia Kinski and the Serpent' (above) is expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000.
The auction includes work by eminent photographers such as Bill Brandt, Douglas Gordon, Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus. The late American photographer Richard Avedon's famous portrait 'Nastassia Kinski and the Serpent' is expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000