Sophie Ristelhueber
Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992.
Estimate: 500 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Description
SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER
Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992.
Ocatvo (176 x 110mm). 70 photographs, 47 of which in colour. Original photo-illustrated boards (light bleeding from edge-dye onto the front board).
FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy of a fragile book. 'The accretions marking the land in Ristelhueber's aerial photographs of the 1991 Gulf War battlefields... form abstract patterns as logical or illogical as any in the paintings of Paul Klee or Cy Twombly'. The Photobook, vol. II, p.168.
Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992.
Ocatvo (176 x 110mm). 70 photographs, 47 of which in colour. Original photo-illustrated boards (light bleeding from edge-dye onto the front board).
FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy of a fragile book. 'The accretions marking the land in Ristelhueber's aerial photographs of the 1991 Gulf War battlefields... form abstract patterns as logical or illogical as any in the paintings of Paul Klee or Cy Twombly'. The Photobook, vol. II, p.168.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992. by Sophie Ristelhueber was sold in the Photobooks auction at Christies in London in May 2009. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 800.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 875.00 (€ 1,000.99). Admittedly, works by Sophie Ristelhueber have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work West Bank No. 48, 2005? in June 2018 with an auction result of CHF 8,125.00 (€ 7,012.40).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992. von Sophie Ristelhueber wurde im Mai 2009 in der Auktion Photobooks bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 875,00 (€ 1.000,99) einen neuen Besitzer. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Sophie Ristelhueber auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit West Bank No. 48, 2005? im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von CHF 8.125,00 (€ 7.012,40).
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