Gilles Peress
Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
Found at
Christies,
London
Photobooks, Lot 297
21. May - 21. May 2010
Photobooks, Lot 297
21. May - 21. May 2010
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
GILLES PERESS
Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
Folio (376 x 266mm). 100 black and white photographs. Original black cloth with the upper cover lettered in white, and original photo-illustrated wrappers bound in. With a gelatine silver print (image 215 x 328mm on a sheet 280 x 355mm), signed 'Gilles Peress' and numbered '41/70', in the original green paper sleeve, laid together with the book in the original black cloth clamshell box.
FIRST EDITION. THE RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE, WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PRINT; number 41 of 70 copies only. It is a key work of photojournalism, and a beautifully designed book which Cornall Capa described as 'a book of brilliant visual nervousness between covers' (quoted in 101 Books). The hardcover was issued with one of two prints, in an edition of 35 copies each; this one with 'Mullahs, Azerbaijan'. All of the standard bibliographies record the paperback issue only. 101 Books, pp. 246-7; Auer, p.652; The Open Book, p.330-31; The Photobook, vol. II, pp. 252-3.
Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
Folio (376 x 266mm). 100 black and white photographs. Original black cloth with the upper cover lettered in white, and original photo-illustrated wrappers bound in. With a gelatine silver print (image 215 x 328mm on a sheet 280 x 355mm), signed 'Gilles Peress' and numbered '41/70', in the original green paper sleeve, laid together with the book in the original black cloth clamshell box.
FIRST EDITION. THE RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE, WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PRINT; number 41 of 70 copies only. It is a key work of photojournalism, and a beautifully designed book which Cornall Capa described as 'a book of brilliant visual nervousness between covers' (quoted in 101 Books). The hardcover was issued with one of two prints, in an edition of 35 copies each; this one with 'Mullahs, Azerbaijan'. All of the standard bibliographies record the paperback issue only. 101 Books, pp. 246-7; Auer, p.652; The Open Book, p.330-31; The Photobook, vol. II, pp. 252-3.
A top price for Gilles Peress
This artwork by Gilles Peress achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2010. In the Photobooks auction, the work Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984. sold for GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,858.19) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. This high result makes Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984. the most expensive artwork by Gilles Peress that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gilles Peress
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gilles Peress erzielte im Mai 2010 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photobooks wurde die Arbeit Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984. für GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.858,19) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Telex Persan -- Telex Iran. Paris: Contrejour, 1984. zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gilles Peress, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gilles Peress - Auction history
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