Lautréamont, Isidore Ducasse
Maldoror. Prague: Odeon, 1929
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Czech Avant-Garde Art from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection, Lot 29
12. Nov - 12. Nov 2014
Czech Avant-Garde Art from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection, Lot 29
12. Nov - 12. Nov 2014
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.625 GBP
Price realised: 5.625 GBP
Description
Lautréamont, Isidore Ducasse dit le comte de
MALDOROR. PRAGUE: ODEON, 1929
8vo (183 x 118mm.), copy number 10 from a limited edition of 300 copies, one of 25 copies with 12 hand-coloured plates by Štyrský signed by the artist in pencil, designed by Karel Teige, near-contemporary morocco-backed boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original black upper wrapper with printed yellow label bound at end
MALDOROR. PRAGUE: ODEON, 1929
8vo (183 x 118mm.), copy number 10 from a limited edition of 300 copies, one of 25 copies with 12 hand-coloured plates by Štyrský signed by the artist in pencil, designed by Karel Teige, near-contemporary morocco-backed boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original black upper wrapper with printed yellow label bound at end
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Isidore Ducasse achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in November 2014. In the Czech Avant-Garde Art from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection auction, the work Maldoror. Prague: Odeon, 1929 sold for GBP 5,625.00 (€ 7,072.18) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Isidore Ducasse; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Unknown sold at auction in April 2004 with the realized price of EUR 7,637.50.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Isidore Ducasse erzielte im November 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Czech Avant-Garde Art from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection wurde die Arbeit Maldoror. Prague: Odeon, 1929 für GBP 5.625,00 (€ 7.072,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Isidore Ducasse; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Unknown im April 2004 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 7.637,50.
Isidore Ducasse - Auction history
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