Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphics and Art, Modern Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern and Contemporary Graphics and Art, Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 392,061.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 21, 2026 - March 21, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 302,580.00 |
| Sale Number | #185 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 302,580.00 |
| Total Lots | 498 | ||
| Sold Lots | 304.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 502,130.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 61.04% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 502,130.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 194 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 78.08% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1603 | EDVARD MUNCH | Sitzender Raubvogel 1908/09 |
1908/09 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 11,340.00 |
| 1581 | HENRI MATISSE | Petit interieur bleu 1952 |
1952 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,710.00 |
| 1520 | FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER | Look at it on a rainy day 1971/72 |
1971/72 | EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 1559 | HEINZ MACK | Fiesta de los Colores 2007 |
2007 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
| 1749 | HEINRICH VOGELER | An den Fruhling 1899 |
1899 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 1622 | PABLO PICASSO | Pierrot et Arlequin (Aus: Dix Pochoirs) (um 1920) |
(um 1920) | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
| 1721 | CY TWOMBLY | Ficus carica (aus der Folge: Natural History, Part II, Some trees of Italy) 1975/76 |
1975/76 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
| 1393 | MARC CHAGALL | La tour Eiffel a l'ane 1954 |
1954 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 1599 | JOAN MITCHELL | Champs (black, grey and green) 1991 |
1991 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 1874 | EMILE ALLAIN SEGUY | Papillons. Vingt planches en phototypie coloriees. |
-1925 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 5,292.00 |
| 1594 | JOAN MIRO | L'eskimo fievreux 1969 |
1969 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 1590 | JOAN MIRO | Poster for the opening of Mourlot atelier in New York 1967 |
1967 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,914.00 |
| 1623 | PABLO PICASSO | Eurydice piquee par un serpent (Aus: Metamorphoses d'Ovide) 1930/31 |
1930/31 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,788.00 |
| 1568 | MAPPENWERKE / SAMMLUNGEN | Graphikedition der Kunstakademie Dusseldorf 2009 |
2009 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 4,536.00 |
| 1582 | HENRI MATISSE | J'aime Marie 1948 |
1948 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,536.00 |
| 1592 | JOAN MIRO | Aus: Le lezard aux plumes d'or 1967 |
1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
| 1626 | PABLO PICASSO | Peintre et Modele 1966 |
1966 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
| 1727 | GUNTHER UECKER | Lichtungen 1997 /1998 |
1997 /1998 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
| 2006 | ARNULF RAINER | Figurative Ubermalungen (Mappe). |
1964 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
| 1701 | ANTONI TAPIES | Berlin Suite 1974/75 |
1974/75 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,032.00 |
| 1420 | OTTO DIX | Madchen mit Katze II (Kopf schrag) 1956 |
1956 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 1591 | JOAN MIRO | Aus: Le lezard aux plumes d'or 1967 |
1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 1595 | JOAN MIRO | Le belier fleuri (zu: Derriere le miroir) 1971 |
1971 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 1636 | SERGE POLIAKOFF | Composition rouge, jaune et bleue (Komposition in Rot, Gelb und Blau) 1959-60 |
1959-60 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
| 1394 | MARC CHAGALL | Menu pour une reception sur le bateau-mouche 1959 |
1959 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,528.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
