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Auction Name Paul Distribats - Avant Garde Library Total Sales (EUR) 2,171,432.00
Auction Date February 04, 2020 - February 04, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 891,950.00
Sale Number #18401 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,266,000.00
Total Lots 276
Sold Lots 276 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 891,950.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,266,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 171.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
249 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit, Guillaume de VAUX, Adrian de Monluc dit, et Pablo PICASSO.

Maquette de La Maigre.

[ca. 1951] EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 162,500.00
265 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit, Max ERNST et Guillaume TEMPEL.

Maximiliana ou l’exercice illégal de l’astronomie. Ecritures et eaux-fortes de Max Ernst pour commenter et illustrer les données de Guillaume Tempel mises en lumière par Iliazd.

1964 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 118,750.00
264 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch, dit, et Alberto GIACOMETTI.

Les Douze portraits du célèbre Orbandale pris sur le vif et gravés à l'eau-forte par Alberto Giacometti.

1962 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 95,000.00
99 BENOIT, Pierre André, et Pablo PICASSO.

Si large mon image.

1958 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 75,000.00
119 TZARA, Tristan, et Pablo PICASSO.

La Rose et le Chien.

[1958] EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 68,750.00
245 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit.

Poésie de mots inconnus.

1919, 1949] EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 60,000.00
272 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit, Joan MIRÓ, et Adrian de MONLUC.

Le Courtisan grotesque.

1974 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 56,250.00
256 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit, Hélène, baronne d’Oettingen dite ROCH GREY et Pablo PICASSO.

Chevaux de minuit. Épopée.

1956 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 52,500.00
108 CHAR, René, et Pablo PICASSO.

L’Escalier de Flore.

[1958] EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 50,000.00
260 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch, dit, et Pablo PICASSO.

Le Frère mendiant o Libro del Conocimiento. Los viajes en Africa publicados antiguamente por Bergeron Margry y Jimenez de la Espada e ilustrados ahora y compaginados por Pablo Picasso e Iliazd.

1959 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 47,500.00
146 PINDARE, et Pablo PICASSO.

VIIIe Pythique.

1960 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 43,750.00
80 BENOIT, Pierre André, et Pablo PICASSO.

Autre chose.

1956 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 42,500.00
176 DUBUFFET, Jean.

Couinque.

1963 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 40,000.00
246 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit.

Poésie de mots inconnus.

1919, 1949] EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 40,000.00
243 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit et Pablo PICASSO.

Pismo (??????) [Lettre].

[1948] EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 36,250.00
250 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit, Guillaume de VAUX, Adrian de Monluc dit, et Pablo PICASSO.

La Maigre.

[1952] EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 31,250.00
198 CHAR, René, et Pablo PICASSO.

Les Transparents.

1967 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,000.00
14 PICABIA, Francis, et Pierre André BENOIT.

[Boîte Picabia].

1948-1984 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
86 CREVEL, René, et Pablo PICASSO.

Nuit.

1956 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
240 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch, dit, et Pablo PICASSO.

Afat (????). Soixante-seize sonnets.

1940 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 26,250.00
91 CHAR, René, et Joan MIRÓ.

De Moment en moment.

1957 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
247 ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit.

Poésie de mots inconnus.

1919, 1949] EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
252 [ILIAZD, Ilia Zdanevitch dit] et Pablo PICASSO.

Double suite des gravures pour La Maigre.

[ 1951] EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 25,000.00
175 CHAR, René, Jacques DUPIN, Pierre André BENOIT, et Joan MIRÓ.

20 avril 1963.

1963 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 23,750.00
125 BENOIT, Pierre André, et Marcel DUCHAMP.

Première lumière.

1959 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 22,500.00
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