Billy Monk Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Billy Monk Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; The Catacombs, August 1967
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 The Catacombs, August 1967 silver gelatin print on fibre paper image size: 25 by 48cm; 43 by 55 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; The Spurs, 28 September 1967
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 The Spurs, 28 September 1967 silver gelatin print on fibre paper image size: 25 by 38cm; 43 by 55 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; The Catacombs, 7 November 1967
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 The Catacombs, 7 November 1967 silver gelatin print on fibre paper image size: 25 by 38cm; 43 by 55 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; The Catacombs, 31 July 1967
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 The Catacombs, 31 July 1967 silver gelatin print on fibre paper image size: 25 by 38cm; 43 by 55 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; Couple Embracing
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 Couple Embracing embossed with the artist's chopmark in the margin pigment ink on Hahnemühle Baryta Paper image size: 61,5 by 42cm; 81 by 60 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Billy Monk; South African 1937-1982; Outside the Catacombs, 20 October 1967
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
Billy Monk South African 1937-1982 Outside the Catacombs, 20 October 1967 pigment ink print on Hahnemühle Archival Baryta Paper image size: 61 by 42cm; 82,5 by 61,5 by 2cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Nov. 30, 2021
51. THE CATACOMBS, 21 NOVEMBER 1967
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
silver gelatin print on fibre paper
Aspire Art
Jun. 15, 2021
¤ Billy MONK 1937-1982 - Afrique du Sud
Est: €5,200 - €7,000
¤ Billy MONK 1937-1982 - Afrique du Sud 26 February 1969; 21 November 1967; 25 November 1968 - The Catacombs, 1967-1969 Tirages gélatino argentiques sur papier fibre Épreuve d'imprimeur 1/1 (chaque) Trois certificats signés de l'imprimeur seront remis à l'acquéreur dimensions chaque tirage h: 35,50 w: 23,50 cm Provenance : Collection particulière, Cape Town Expositions : The Container Gallery, Tokyo, Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid, 21 octobre 2019-6 janvier 2020 Ink Asia Fair, Hong Kong (Boogie Woogie Photography booth), Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid, 4-7 octobre 2019 The Hive Spring, Hong Kong, Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid, 17 septembre-15 octobre 2019 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), San Francisco, South Africa in Apartheid and After: David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk, 1er décembre 2012- 5 mars 2013 Brodie/Stevenson, Cape Town, Nightclub Photographs, 20 janvier-18 févier 2011 Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Jol, juin-août 2009 Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, From the Bridge to the Catacombs: Photographs by Billy Monk and David Wise, 1993 University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Nagklub: Billy Monk, mars 1985 The Market Gallery, Johannesburg, Nightclub, July 1982 Bibliographie : De Villiers, J., Goldblatt, D.,Sampson, L. (2011). Billy Monk. Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing. Commentaire : Silver gelatin prints on fibre paper Printer's proof 1/1 (each) Estimation 5 200 - 7 000 €
Artcurial
Apr. 21, 2021
Billy Monk (South Africa 1937-1982) The Catacombs, October 1968, 1968 (printed later in 2019 by Dennis Da Silva)
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
embossed with the artist’s monogram bottom right; signed and dated in pencil by Dennis Da Silva on the reverse; signed, numbered 4/12 and inscribed with the title by Craig Cameron-Mackintosh on a Billy Monk Collection label adhered to the reverse
Aspire Art
Apr. 21, 2021
Billy Monk (South Africa 1937-1982) The Spurs, 6 February 1968, 1968 (printed later in 2019 by Dennis Da Silva)
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
embossed with the artist’s monogram bottom right; signed and dated in pencil by Dennis Da Silva on the reverse; signed, numbered 4/12 and inscribed with the title by Craig Cameron-Mackintosh on a Billy Monk Collection label adhered to the reverse
Aspire Art
Mar. 20, 2019
* Billy Monk (South African, 1937-1982) Ten photographs from 'The Catacombs' series paper size 28 x 40.5cm (11 x 15 15/16in) each.
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Billy Monk (South African, 1937-1982) Ten photographs from 'The Catacombs' series with accompanying certificates of authenticity signed by Jac de Villierssilver gelatin printspaper size 28 x 40.5cm (11 x 15 15/16in) each.(10) Provenance: Artist's Estate.In the 1960s, Billy Monk was working as a bouncer at the notorious Cape Town nightclub, the Catacombs. The underground venue was a popular hang out for revellers of all creeds and colours; a hideout from the restrictive and punitive Apartheid legislation. In this environment, Monk had a rare opportunity to photograph scenes of uncensored joy, passion and debauchery that could never have taken place 'above' ground.This collection of photographs that Monk snapped with his 35mm Pentax camera reveal the permissive atmosphere of the club: Sailors still in uniform mingle with sugar babies attired in new mod-length hemlines, teased beehive hair and thick lipsticked lips. Drunks loll at tables next to sophisticates. Men and women lock lips regardless of colour or gender, openly flouting the Immorality Act that forbade cross-racial fraternisation. The photographs first came to light in 1979 when Paul Gordon, who had once shared a studio space with Monk, handed the negatives to the photographer Jac de Villiers. He was intrigued by the images and took them to the famed photographer, David Goldblatt. Goldblatt was highly impressed: "The Catacombs was a dark, dark place. It could not have been easy to get a clear sense of the subject, compose the photograph and focus the camera before releasing the shutter and flash. Yet there is never any doubt about who the subject is. The composition is always coherent, the focus sharp."With Goldblatt's assistance, de Villiers exhibited Monk's photographs at The Market Gallery in Johannesburg in 1982. The show was a critical success, and the Johannesburg Art Gallery purchased six for their collection. Monk took leave from his job as a diamond diver in the north of the country's shoreline, to attend the opening. Tragically, the photographer never made it to his exhibition. En route to Johannesburg, Monk was shot in a drunken row. Following his death, exhibitions of his work were held at the South African National Gallery and the University of Stellenbosch. Art critic Ashraf Jamal describes the legacy of these remarkable images:"Monk was able to capture the lives of people redeemed from apartheid's scrutiny, for in these hidden worlds no one cared about status, caste, sexual preference. One senses too that Monk's subjects knew and trusted him, for with him they could be themselves. If I consider Monk as one of South Africa's greatest photographers it has everything to do with his humanity - he was no voyeur, no connoisseur, no brittle collector of others' lives.Monk's pictures evoke the singularity of the moment, the humanity of his men and women, the pleasure of lives freed - if only for a moment - from the burden of history. His image-repertoire speaks to a greater vision regarding what we truly are and what we may become."
Bonhams
Nov. 13, 2017
Billy Monk - The Catacomb Series, twelve
Est: R120,000 - R160,000
Billy Monk The Catacomb Series, twelve gelatin silver print 38 by 25,5cm, each
Strauss & Co
Jun. 05, 2017
Billy Monk The Catacombs Series, ten
Est: R80,000 - R120,000
Billy Monk The Catacombs Series, ten silver gelatin print on fibre paper image sizes: 25 by 38cm; sheet sizes: 28 by 41cm
Strauss & Co
Oct. 18, 2016
BILLY MONK, (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1937-1982): '43. THE S
Est: R15,000 - R20,000
BILLY MONK, (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1937-1982): '43. THE SPURS, 29 DECEMBER 1967', PRINTED LATER, SILVER GELATIN PRINT, LIMITED EDITION 1 OF 10 unexamined out of the frame the plate 38cm by 25cm PROVENANCE By descent to the current owner. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the estate of Billy Monk. (2)
Stephan Welz & Co
Oct. 20, 2015
BILLY MONK, (SOUTH AFRICAN 1937-1982): '48. THE CA
Est: R16,000 - R18,000
BILLY MONK, (SOUTH AFRICAN 1937-1982): '48. THE CATACOMBS 12 MARCH 1969', SILVER GELATIN PRINT, LIMITED EDITION 1 OF 10 the plate 25cm by 38cm (2) PROVENANCE By descent to the current owner. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the estate of Billy Monk.
Stephan Welz & Co