Shomei Tomatsu
11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966.
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Description
SHOMEI TOMATSU
11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966.
Quarto (220 x 190 mm). 119 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated boards (light browning on spine and a few spots), original plastic dust-jacket (slightly short and shrunk, as always, light wear), original printed cardboard slipcase (light browning and light wear).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU, IN THE RARE PLASTIC DUST-JACKET, and complete with the publisher's printed insert laid-in. 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 (light browning on spine and a few spots), original plastic dust-jacket (slightly short and shrunk, as always, light wear), original printed cardboard slipcase (light browning and light wear).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU, IN THE RARE PLASTIC DUST-JACKET, and complete with the publisher's printed insert laid-in. 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 estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
The work 11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966. by Shomei Tomatsu was sold in the Photobooks auction at Christies in London in May 2010. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,858.19), 43% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Shomei Tomatsu have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved 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 um 43 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit 11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo: Shashindojinsha, 1966. von Shomei Tomatsu wurde im Mai 2010 in der Auktion Photobooks bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.858,19) und damit 43% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Shomei Tomatsu auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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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