Claude Cahun
Le Coeur de pic -- The Heart of Spades. Text by Lise Deharme. Paris: José Corti, 1937.
Estimate: 2.200 - 2.800 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Description
CLAUDE CAHUN
Le Coeur de pic -- The Heart of Spades. Text by Lise Deharme. Paris: José Corti, 1937.
Quarto (268 x 206 mm). 20 black and white photographs. Original colour-printed boards and green cloth spine (some colour restoration at extremities).
FIRST EDITION. ONE OF THE BEST SURREALIST PHOTOBOOKS. The Photobook, vol. I, p.108 ('French Surrealist children must be made of sterner stuff than ordinary kids').
Le Coeur de pic -- The Heart of Spades. Text by Lise Deharme. Paris: José Corti, 1937.
Quarto (268 x 206 mm). 20 black and white photographs. Original colour-printed boards and green cloth spine (some colour restoration at extremities).
FIRST EDITION. ONE OF THE BEST SURREALIST PHOTOBOOKS. The Photobook, vol. I, p.108 ('French Surrealist children must be made of sterner stuff than ordinary kids').
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Le Coeur de pic -- The Heart of Spades. Text by Lise Deharme. Paris: José Corti, 1937. by Claude Cahun was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2009. The price achieved of GBP 2,500.00 (€ 2,859.97) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 2,200.00 – 2,800.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Claude Cahun achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 in October 2017 with an auction result of EUR 223,500.00.
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Le Coeur de pic -- The Heart of Spades. Text by Lise Deharme. Paris: José Corti, 1937. von Claude Cahun kam im Mai 2009 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 2.500,00 (€ 2.859,97) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 2.200,00 – 2.800,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Claude Cahun erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 223.500,00.
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