Shomei Tomatsu
Nihon -- Japan. Tokyo: Shaken, 1967.
Estimate: 500 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Description
SHOMEI TOMATSU
Nihon -- Japan. Tokyo: Shaken, 1967.
Quarto (220 x 190mm). 148 black and white photographs. (Very occasional minor soiling.) Original silver cloth, spine stamped in black, front cover blind-stamped (lacking the rare vinyl dust-jacket, minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy of the first publication by Shaken -- Tomatsu's own imprint. In Nihon Tomatsu had, for the first time, complete control over his book's content and design. A selection from this work was exhibited at MoMA in 1974. Kaneko & Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, pp.94-101; Visions of Japan, p.207.
Nihon -- Japan. Tokyo: Shaken, 1967.
Quarto (220 x 190mm). 148 black and white photographs. (Very occasional minor soiling.) Original silver cloth, spine stamped in black, front cover blind-stamped (lacking the rare vinyl dust-jacket, minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy of the first publication by Shaken -- Tomatsu's own imprint. In Nihon Tomatsu had, for the first time, complete control over his book's content and design. A selection from this work was exhibited at MoMA in 1974. Kaneko & Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, pp.94-101; Visions of Japan, p.207.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 41 %.
The work Nihon -- Japan. Tokyo: Shaken, 1967. by Shomei Tomatsu was sold in the Photobooks auction at Christies in London in May 2010. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,125.00 (€ 1,318.09), 41% 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 um 41 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Nihon -- Japan. Tokyo: Shaken, 1967. von Shomei Tomatsu wurde im Mai 2010 in der Auktion Photobooks bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.125,00 (€ 1.318,09) und damit 41% 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.
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