Lot 211 · Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session II
tête d'un jeune hippocampe à la naissance, 1931
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- Estimate
- €700–€1,000 hammer ≈ $833–$1,191
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session II, Paris · 17 March 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4908026
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Painlevé, tête d'un jeune hippocampe à la naissance, 1931. Sotheby's, 17 Mar 2021, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4908026.
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Jean Painlevé, tête d'un jeune hippocampe à la naissance, 1931. Sotheby's, 17 Mar 2021, lot 211. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4908026.
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From the same sale Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session II · Mar 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ensemble de 10 ouvrages illustrés, dont le "Akrivie Phrangopoulo" sur… | Demetrius Emmauel Galanis | €1,000–€1,500 | |
| Le baron de Charlus | Pierre Le-tan | €1,500–€2,000 | |
| Portrait de la reine Margot | Christian Bérard | €500–€700 | |
| The Yellow Book. Avril 1894-avril 1897. Collection complète (13 volumes). | — | €300–€500 | |
| Vue de Florence | Albert Laprade | €40–€60 | |
| Ensemble de 8 ouvrages illustrés par W. Nicholson, P. Roy, A. Willett… | — | €700–€1,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Painlevé | sans titre, de crabes et crevettes, 1929 | $5,972 | Sotheby's, Nov 2011 | |
| Jean Painlevé | two male seahorses, 1931 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | le pieuvre, 1927oeil de crabe, 1930 | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | Bourdon, 1929 | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | poisson, années 1930hippocampe, années 1930 | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| Horst P. Horst | Mainbocher corset | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | pince de homard. 1929. photographie originale. | Sotheby's, Feb 2017 | ||
| Jean Painlevé | Araignée, 1929 | Christie's, Nov 2016 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.