Claude Cahun
Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 EUR
Price realised: 223.500 EUR
Price realised: 223.500 EUR
Description
signé, titré et inscrit 'photomontage terminé et rephotographié' à l'encre, annoté au crayon (verso)
tirage argentique
image: 38.5 x 26 cm.
feuille: 39.9 x 27.3 cm.
signed, titled and inscribed 'photomontage terminé et rephotographié' in ink, annotated in pencil (verso)
gelatin silver print
image: 15 1/8 x 10 ¼ in.
sheet: 15 5/8 x 10 ¾ in.
tirage argentique
image: 38.5 x 26 cm.
feuille: 39.9 x 27.3 cm.
signed, titled and inscribed 'photomontage terminé et rephotographié' in ink, annotated in pencil (verso)
gelatin silver print
image: 15 1/8 x 10 ¼ in.
sheet: 15 5/8 x 10 ¾ in.
A top price for Claude Cahun
In October 2017 Christies in Paris held the auction Paris Avant-Garde, which included the work Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 by Claude Cahun. The »bidding war« ended at EUR 223,500.00 49% above the upper estimate. With this result, Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 is even the most expensive work of art by Claude Cahun that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Claude Cahun
Im Oktober 2017 führte Christies in Paris die Auktion Paris Avant-Garde durch, in der auch die Arbeit Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 von Claude Cahun zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von EUR 223.500,00 und damit 49% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Self-Observation, Aveux non avenus (planche I), 1929-1930 sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Claude Cahun, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Claude Cahun - Auction history
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