The Ader auction house will hold a large sale of photography books under the expertise of Antoine Romand.
Included in the 345 lots are some classics of publishing dating from the earliest days of photography and up through recent times, including rare works about countries like the USSR, Japan and the United States.
The centerpiece is a highly-sought, limited-edition numbered copy of Paris with 80 photographs by Moi Ver, published by Jeanne Walter in 1931 with an introduction by Fernand Léger (est. 20,000–25,000€).
The first 19 lots concern the beginnings of photography, history and photographic processes. We find Tableaux photographiques by Léonard Missone (lot 15) published by Devaivre in Brussels, with 20 black-and-white reproductions of photographs (est. 1400-1800€).
Lot number 1 is a large 400-page folio (465x400mm) by Pierre Apraxine and Richard Benson, published in 1985 by White Oak Press in a run of 1200 number copies, reproducing 200 photo sheets from the collection of Gilman Paper (est. 1200-1500€).
Karl Blossfeld’s Wundergarten der Natur, lot 28, is an original edition of 120 plates printed in photogravure (est. 2500-3000€).
Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places is a limited-edition work of 100 hand-signed copies, accompanied by an Ektacolor print, published by Aperture in 1982 (est. 2500-3000€).
Bernard Perinne
Auction
Photography books
Thursday, April 25th, 2013 at 2pm
Exhibition
Tuesday, April 23rd & Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 : 10am – 6pm
Thursday, April 25th, 2013 : 10am – 12pm
Salle des ventes Favard
3, rue Favart
75002 Paris
France
Expert
Antoine Romand
T : +33 (0/6 07 14 40 49
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