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Auction: 12 Nov – 18 Nov 2025
Wed 19 Nov 15:00
Untitled (Mkpuk Eba), 1974.
Silver print (2000), signed, dated in ink with dry stamp, photographer's stamp and reference number in the lower right margin.
Image: 45 ×45 cm - Sheet: 60.5 ×51 cm - Frame
Estimate 3 000 / 4 000 €
On the occasion of the Paris Photo international fair, held from November 13 to 16 at the Grand Palais, PIASA is pleased to present a remarkable collection in which photography is showcased through carefully constructed dialogues across its various forms and modes of expression: prints, books, and portfolios.
It is quite rare to find, under the discerning eye of a couple of collectors, an ensemble that brings together rare vintage prints (by Bernd & Hilla Becher, Robert Adams, Dave Heath, Adam Fuss, or Nobuyoshi Araki) alongside some of the legendary photobooks of modern photographic history (Café Lehmitz by Anders Petersen, In the American West by Richard Avedon, The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin, or Bye Bye Photography by Daido Moriyama).
This passionate relationship with the photographic image—extending from silver prints to the printed page—finds its perfect expression within the ingenious box sets published by Toluca and Coromandel. These extraordinary editions combine design (Ron Arad, Ettore Sottsass, Konstantin Grcic, Nendo), text (James Ellroy, Michel Bulteau, Mohammed Dib, among others), and photography (Jean-Marc Bustamante, Candida Höfer, Andres Serrano, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide, or Thomas Ruff).
À l’occasion de la foire internationale Paris Photo qui se tiendra du 13 au 16 novembre au Grand Palais, PIASA est heureuse de présenter une collection particulière où la photographie a été mise en valeur sous forme de dialogues élaborés à travers plusieurs de ses supports et modes de lecture : tirages, livres et portfolios.
Il est assez rare de retrouver sous le regard acéré d’un couple de collectionneurs un ensemble mêlant de rares tirages d’époque (Bernd & Hilla Becher, Robert Adams, Dave Heath, Adam Fuss ou Nobuyoshi Araki) avec quelques-uns des livres mythiques de l’histoire moderne de la photographie (Café Lehmitz d’Anders Petersen, In the American West de Richard Avedon, The Bikeriders de Danny Lyon, The ballad of sexual dependency de Nan Goldin ou Bye Bye Photography de Daido Moriyama).
Ce rapport passionnel à l’image photographique, qui court du papier argentique aux pages des livres, s’incarne à la perfection à l’intérieur des ingénieux coffrets des éditions Toluca et Coromandel. Le mariage étonnant du design (Ron Arad, Ettore Sottsass, Konstantin Grcic, Nendo), du texte (James Ellroy, Michel Bulteau, Mohammed Dib entre autres) et de la photographie (Jean-Marc Bustamante, Candida Höfer, Andres Serrano, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide ou Thomas Ruff).
Batéké.
Coromandel, Paris, 1996.
Folio (38.5 × 29.5 × 2 cm).
First edition, limited to 40 numbered copies.
Natural linen box containing eight labeled folders with flaps, four (4) of which contain
silver gelatin prints by Graciela Iturbide,
signed and numbered in pencil on the mounts (25.5 × 20.5 cm with margins), mounted opposite texts by Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant.
Colophon signed by Graciela Iturbide and Alvaro Mutis.
Estimate 1 500 / 2 000 €
House for Insomniacs.
Toluca Éditions, Paris, 2003.
Folio (58,5 × 43 × 10,8 cm). First edition, limited to 30 numbered copies. Foam and plastic sheet case designed by Konstantin Grcic, composed of five (5) chromogenic prints by Jean-Marc Bustamante, signed and numbered to 30 copies in ink on the reverse (26.5 × 40 cm with margins). Text in French and Spanish by Mario Bellatin. Colophon signed by Jean-Marc Bustamante, Mario Bellatin, and Konstantin Grcic. Dedications on the title page.
Estimate 2 000 / 3 000 €
Kalköfen.
Harlingen, 1963.
Vintage silver print, signed by Bernd and Hilla Becher, titled and dated in pencil on the back.
29.5 × 23.7 cm - frame
Provenance: Galerie 213, Paris.
Bibliography: Bernd and Hilla Becher, Anonyme Skulpturen. A Typology of Technical Constructions, New York, Wittenborn and Co, 1970, cover.
Estimate : 10 000 / 15 000 €
Toshi-e - Toward the City.
Izara Shobo, Tokyo, 1974.
Folio (42.5 × 28.5 cm).
First edition. 130 pages.
Hardcover bound in cloth with metal disc decoration.
Black cloth-bound box also containing the Tokyo-Jin booklet.
Ref. Parr Badger, I, p. 302.
Kaneko-Vartanian, pp. 168-173.
Estimate 1 500 / 2 000 €