VENTE CHRISTIE’S
preserved by the family, the collection has lost none of its allure and, this time, 369 prints will go under the hammer. The auction house estimates the total value at between 6 and 9 million euro, a testament to the event’s significance. As Élodie Morel‑Bazin, Director of Christie’s Photographs Department Europe, sums up: “Never before has a collection of this quality been presented in Paris. It appeals to collectors across the board, reaching far beyond the world of photography alone. It reveals the pioneers of an era, the earliest images, and the seminal moments that shaped the medium. And it reminds us just how powerfully a collection can embody a vision.”
by Eugène Atget, Man Ray’s The Kiss, early snapshots by Jacques‑Henri Lartigue and, of course, photos shot by female photographers of the era such as Florence Henri, Germaine Krull and Dora Maar... In short, the very quintessence of the dawn of photography, the bicentenary of which is being celebrated today. Over the years and thanks to friendships he developed, Roger Thérond expanded the scope of his collection to include photos by the likes of Henri Cartier‑Bresson, Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin. At the time of his death in 2001, his collection numbered some 3,000 photographs. Long kept private, part of the collection caused a sensation in 1999 at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris when a selection of 240 works was unveiled under the title “Une passion française”. Christie’s has chosen this same title for the sale it is now organizing. Carefully
Auction on November 13 th and 14 th – online sale from November 6 th to 17 th . www.christies.com
6 l Le Baiser, Man Ray, vers 1930.
4 l Rue Asselin, Paris, Eugène Atget, 1921.
5 l Album Égypte et Nubie,
7 l Guitty, Biarritz, Jacques‑Henri Lartigue, 1905.
Félix Teynard (1817‑1892).
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