Il Ponte auction of photography in Milan on July 22 features Beard, Hutte, Woodman

Il Ponte will auction photography on July 22 at Palazzo Crivelli in Milan, with a preview on July 16-18. The sale focuses on nature but includes diverse themes and high-profile names: Peter Beard, Axel Hutte, Francesca Woodman, Joel Peter Witkin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, and Italian photographers Ernesto Thayaht, Mario Giacomelli, Luigi Ghirri, Gabriele Basilico. Highlights include Beard's 'Orey-eyed Lion' (estimate €40,000-70,000), Thayaht's 'La Vittoria dell’Aria' (1930-31) from the Collezione Marinetti, Ghirri's 'Senza titolo' (1973) from the Kodachrome series, Woodman's 'It must be time for lunch now' (New York, 1979), Giacomelli's 'Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto' (1986) from the Pretini series, Witkin's 'Woman once a bird' (1990), Albert Watson's 'Claudia Schiffer Shadow' (1990), Hutte's 'Folgefonnbreen' (2000) from NORTH/SOUTH, Basilico's 'Arles' (2001), and Franco Fontana's 'Route 66, Illinois' (2001).