The Errant Æsthete

An amazing collection of photography books goes on the block from an important private collection. {This is the kind of rarefied event an aesthete wouldn’t want to miss}. [via link]

Sale 2110, Lot 77
Hans Bellmer
Les Jeux de la poupée. Paris: 1949
First edition, inscribed by Bellmer to a close friend. With 15 hand-coloured gelatin silver prints, and extra-illustrated with a signed proof colour lithograph
Estimate: $60,000-80,000

Sale 2110, Lot 44
Man Ray
Facile. Paris: 1935
First edition, inscribed by Man Ray and Paul Eluard to Hans Bellmer — a highly important association. 1 of 200 hors commerce copies
Estimate: $30,000-50,000

 

Sale 2110, Lot 56
Roger Parry
Banalité. Paris: 1930
First edition, deluxe issue: 1 of only 30 with 16 gelatin silver prints
Estimate: $50,000-70,000