Pierre Jahan
La mort et les statues -- Death and The Statues. Text by Jean Cocteau. Paris: Éditions du Compas, 1946.
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.000 GBP
Description
PIERRE JAHAN
La mort et les statues -- Death and The Statues. Text by Jean Cocteau. Paris: Éditions du Compas, 1946.
Quarto (337 x 255 mm). Complete with leaf of Cocteau facsimile laid-in, as issued. 20 black and white photographs. Original card covers with initials printed in various colours, original white paper-covered slipcase (spine lightly faded; slipcase lightly soiled and rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. 'ARGUABLY THE BEST FRENCH PHOTOBOOK TO LOOK BACK ON THE WAR IN ITS IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH... these simple pictures of junked statues speak strongly about loss, about barbarism, about the trashing of culture, and other issues of great importance' (The Photobook). One of 450 copies from an edition of 475 only. The Photobook, vol. I, pp. 194-95.
La mort et les statues -- Death and The Statues. Text by Jean Cocteau. Paris: Éditions du Compas, 1946.
Quarto (337 x 255 mm). Complete with leaf of Cocteau facsimile laid-in, as issued. 20 black and white photographs. Original card covers with initials printed in various colours, original white paper-covered slipcase (spine lightly faded; slipcase lightly soiled and rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. 'ARGUABLY THE BEST FRENCH PHOTOBOOK TO LOOK BACK ON THE WAR IN ITS IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH... these simple pictures of junked statues speak strongly about loss, about barbarism, about the trashing of culture, and other issues of great importance' (The Photobook). One of 450 copies from an edition of 475 only. The Photobook, vol. I, pp. 194-95.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
In May 2009 Christies in London held the auction Photobooks, which included the work La mort et les statues -- Death and The Statues. Text by Jean Cocteau. Paris: Éditions du Compas, 1946. by Pierre Jahan. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 4,000.00 (€ 4,575.96), 33% above the upper estimate. Other works by Pierre Jahan have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of EUR 6,875.00 in November 2015 for the work „Aimable Pendu“..
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Im Mai 2009 führte Christies in London die Auktion Photobooks durch, in der auch die Arbeit La mort et les statues -- Death and The Statues. Text by Jean Cocteau. Paris: Éditions du Compas, 1946. von Pierre Jahan zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 4.000,00 (€ 4.575,96) und damit 33% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Pierre Jahan haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von EUR 6.875,00 im November 2015 für die Arbeit „Aimable Pendu“. beobachtet.
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