Sale 5628
Paris
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30 June 2010
Price realised
EUR 22,500
Estimate
JEANLOUP SIEFF (1933-2000) Le tapis volant, Normandie, 1988 tirage argentique signé, titré et daté au crayon, deux cachets du photographe (verso) 44.9 x 30 cm. (17 5/8 x 11¾ in.)
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Literature
Jeanloup Sieff: Derrières, Contrejour, Paris, 1994, p. 106; Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography, Taschen, Cologne, 1996, p. 225.
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Pre-Lot Text
Au pied des falaises inquiétantes, cette jeune femme semblait voler sur cette nuée de galets, telle une héroïne des mille et une nuits! JEANLOUP SIEFF
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