Shomei Tomatsu
Sengoha -- Après Guerre. Tokyo: Chuo koronsha, 1971.
Estimate: 600 - 900 GBP
Price realised: 813 GBP
Price realised: 813 GBP
Description
SHOMEI TOMATSU
Sengoha -- Après Guerre. Tokyo: Chuo koronsha, 1971.
Quarto (258x210mm). Black and white photographs throughout. (Some spotting, not affecting the images.) Original white paper-covered boards, upper cover stamped in grey, original dust-jacket, original obi and original plastic dust-jacket (spine ends lightly rubbed, spine of obi very lightly faded).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU, and in the rare original plastic dust-jacket. Pulished as part of Yamagishi's highly influential Eizo no Gendai series which 'established a sort of canon for contemporary Japanese photography of the time'. Kaneko & Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, pp.14, 20.
Sengoha -- Après Guerre. Tokyo: Chuo koronsha, 1971.
Quarto (258x210mm). Black and white photographs throughout. (Some spotting, not affecting the images.) Original white paper-covered boards, upper cover stamped in grey, original dust-jacket, original obi and original plastic dust-jacket (spine ends lightly rubbed, spine of obi very lightly faded).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TOMATSU, and in the rare original plastic dust-jacket. Pulished as part of Yamagishi's highly influential Eizo no Gendai series which 'established a sort of canon for contemporary Japanese photography of the time'. Kaneko & Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, pp.14, 20.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May 2010 Christies in London held the auction Photobooks, which included the work Sengoha -- Après Guerre. Tokyo: Chuo koronsha, 1971. by Shomei Tomatsu. The price achieved of GBP 812.50 (€ 951.96) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 600.00 – 900.00. 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.
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai 2010 führte Christies in London die Auktion Photobooks durch, in der auch die Arbeit Sengoha -- Après Guerre. Tokyo: Chuo koronsha, 1971. von Shomei Tomatsu zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 812,50 (€ 951,96) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 600,00 – 900,00 angegeben worden. 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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