Sophie Ristelhueber
Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992.
Estimate: 600 - 900 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Description
SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER
Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992.
Ocatvo (176 x 110mm). 70 photographs, 47 of which in colour. Original photo-illustrated boards (usual 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 (usual 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.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992. by Sophie Ristelhueber was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2010. The price achieved of GBP 750.00 (€ 878.73) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 600.00 – 900.00. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Fait -- Fact. Paris: Hazan, 1992. von Sophie Ristelhueber kam im Mai 2010 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 750,00 (€ 878,73) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 600,00 – 900,00 angegeben worden. 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).
Sophie Ristelhueber - Auction history
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