Shomei Tomatsu
11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966.
Estimate: 1.800 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.000 GBP
Description
SHOMEI TOMATSU
11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966.
Quarto (220 x 190 mm). 119 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated boards, original printed cardboard slipcase (spine and edges browned, slipcase with light wear). Tomatsu's signature on the half-title.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU. One of 'the most significant memorials to the defining event in twentieth-century Japanese history', which illustrates 'a clear progression towards truly world class Japanese photographic expression' (The Photobook). The Open Book, pp.226-27; The Photobook, vol. I, pp.274-77.
11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966.
Quarto (220 x 190 mm). 119 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated boards, original printed cardboard slipcase (spine and edges browned, slipcase with light wear). Tomatsu's signature on the half-title.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU. One of 'the most significant memorials to the defining event in twentieth-century Japanese history', which illustrates 'a clear progression towards truly world class Japanese photographic expression' (The Photobook). The Open Book, pp.226-27; The Photobook, vol. I, pp.274-77.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work 11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966. by Shomei Tomatsu was sold in the Photobooks auction at Christies in London in May 2009. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 3,000.00 (€ 3,431.97), 20% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Shomei Tomatsu achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled (series 'Chewing Gum and Chocolate, Yokosuka'), 1958 in November last year with an auction result of EUR 37,800.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit 11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966. von Shomei Tomatsu wurde im Mai 2009 in der Auktion Photobooks bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 3.000,00 (€ 3.431,97) und damit 20% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Shomei Tomatsu erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled (series 'Chewing Gum and Chocolate, Yokosuka'), 1958 im November letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 37.800,00.
Shomei Tomatsu - Auction history
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