The Kahn Library: From Dreams to Reality

Result EUR385,854

Published on 20 November 2019, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 07 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

A huge success awaited the extraordinary bindings and illustrations in the library of Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn.

Paul Éluard (1895-1952), Joan Miró (1893-1983), À toute épreuve, Geneva, Gérald Cramer,... The Kahn Library: From Dreams to Reality

Paul Éluard (1895-1952), Joan Miró (1893-1983), À toute épreuve, Geneva, Gérald Cramer, 1958. Copy no. 1 of 6 deluxe versions of the illustrated first edition (print of 130), in-folio, loose sheets, with an illustrated cover, contained in a box. Included: 77 proofs signed and annotated by Miró.
© Successió Miró/Adagp, Paris, 2019
Result: €385,854

With a sale total of €5,760,323, six pre-emptions and a decidedly Surrealist tone, the library sale established itself as a glittering benchmark. This was no accident: the result was amply justified by the high standards dictating the creation – over nearly six decades – of this remarkable collection, devoted essentially to Surrealism and Dada. One memorable item was Louis Aragon 's Une vague de rêves , a first edition rewarded by €93,518, with a cover by Paul Bonet showing ribbons falling from an open hand. One of the highlights,…

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Mille nuits de rêve - Collection Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn

Thursday 07 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Pierre Bergé & Associés

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The Kahn Library: Dada-Surrealist and More…

Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn sought out predecessors and heirs to the Dada and Surrealist movements through not only their works but also little mementoes – luminous traces left by these dynamiters of thinking.

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Surrealism Through Lyrical Writing

Une vague de rêves ("A wave of dreams") is not only a definition of the Surrealist movement. The copy from the library of Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn, to be sold by Pierre Bergé & Associés, illustrates this invitation to dreams and freedom.