William Butler Yeats
Le Vent Parmi Les Roseaux. The Wind Among The Reeds. Seize Poemes Et Deux Notes Traduits De L'Anglais Par André Pieyre De Mandiargues. Gravures A L'Eau-Forte De Joan Miró. Paris: Théo Schmied For Collection Paroles Peintes, 1971
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Description
William Butler Yeats
1865 - 1939
LE VENT PARMI LES ROSEAUX. THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS. SEIZE POEMES ET DEUX NOTES TRADUITS DE L'ANGLAIS PAR ANDRÉ PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES. GRAVURES A L'EAU-FORTE DE JOAN MIRÓ. PARIS: THÉO SCHMIED FOR COLLECTION PAROLES PEINTES, 1971
4to (328 x 270mm.), unbound as issued, illustrated with two colour etchings by Miró, ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JOHANNOT-VELIN (out of a total edition of 150 copies) CONTAINING AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE COLOUR ETCHINGS SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST, simultaneous English and French text, signed by the artist and translator on the colophon page, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY MIRO TO MICHAEL YEATS ON FRONT ENDPAPER BENEATH AN ORIGINAL ABSTRACT DRAWIN
Quantity: 1
1865 - 1939
LE VENT PARMI LES ROSEAUX. THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS. SEIZE POEMES ET DEUX NOTES TRADUITS DE L'ANGLAIS PAR ANDRÉ PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES. GRAVURES A L'EAU-FORTE DE JOAN MIRÓ. PARIS: THÉO SCHMIED FOR COLLECTION PAROLES PEINTES, 1971
4to (328 x 270mm.), unbound as issued, illustrated with two colour etchings by Miró, ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JOHANNOT-VELIN (out of a total edition of 150 copies) CONTAINING AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE COLOUR ETCHINGS SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST, simultaneous English and French text, signed by the artist and translator on the colophon page, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY MIRO TO MICHAEL YEATS ON FRONT ENDPAPER BENEATH AN ORIGINAL ABSTRACT DRAWIN
Quantity: 1
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Le Vent Parmi Les Roseaux. The Wind Among The Reeds. Seize Poemes Et Deux Notes Traduits De L'Anglais Par André Pieyre De Mandiargues. Gravures A L'Eau-Forte De Joan Miró. Paris: Théo Schmied For Collection Paroles Peintes, 1971 by William Butler Yeats was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2017. The price achieved of GBP 37,500.00 (€ 42,544.23) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 30,000.00 – 50,000.00. Admittedly, works by William Butler Yeats have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, in September 2017 with an auction result of GBP 248,750.00 (€ 282,210.07).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Le Vent Parmi Les Roseaux. The Wind Among The Reeds. Seize Poemes Et Deux Notes Traduits De L'Anglais Par André Pieyre De Mandiargues. Gravures A L'Eau-Forte De Joan Miró. Paris: Théo Schmied For Collection Paroles Peintes, 1971 von William Butler Yeats kam im September 2017 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 37.500,00 (€ 42.544,23) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 30.000,00 – 50.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von William Butler Yeats auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, im September 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 248.750,00 (€ 282.210,07).
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