SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
This profile brings together identity references for Josef Šíma and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on canvas
Sans titre, 1969
Huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-06-24
Published result : 40648 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 20000–30000
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Ink on paper
Profil d'homme barbu
encre sur papier
Catalogue period : 2021-12-09
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
Lumière
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2015-12-11
Published result : 42000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 25000–30000
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Ink and watercolour
Ohne Titel.
Tusche und Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2013-05-16
Published result : 11000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3900
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Oil on canvas
Inintelligible sans fond II
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 200000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 150000–200000
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Oil on canvas
"Sur un terre-plein désolation de la lumière"
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-12-09
Published result : 180000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 30000–50000
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Oil on canvas
"Lumière horizontale 1",
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-12-08
Published result : 350000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 100000–150000
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Oil on canvas
Composition,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-06-15
Published result : 120000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 100000–150000
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Watercolour
Sans titre
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2022-12-07
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Gouache
Sans titre
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-06-07
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Medium — source: Livre de Pierre Jean Jouve, Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1927, orné de trois pointes sèches hors texte de Joseph Sima, dont le frontispice, et de quinze compositions dans le texte. Exemplaire sur vélin Montgolfier d’Annonay ; tirage de 715 plus quelques hors commerce. La technique des quinze compositions n’est pas précisée. Prix global du livre.
Beau regard — livre illustré par Joseph Sima
Livre de Pierre Jean Jouve, Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1927, orné de trois pointes sèches hors texte de Joseph Sima, dont le frontispice, et de quinze compositions dans le texte. Exemplaire sur vélin Montgolfier d’Annonay ; tirage de 715 plus quelques hors commerce. La technique des quinze compositions n’est pas précisée. Prix global du livre.
Catalogue period : 2023-05-25 — 2023-06-07
A lot containing several works or parts. Any published price is for the whole lot and is excluded from statistics.
Published result : 110 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 120–180
View the lot at the auction house ↗Medium — source: Livre de Jean Jouve avec une eau-forte en couleurs de Joseph Sima en frontispice ; exemplaire n° 183 sur papier d’Arches.
Symphonie à Dieu, édition de 1930
Livre de Jean Jouve avec une eau-forte en couleurs de Joseph Sima en frontispice ; exemplaire n° 183 sur papier d’Arches.
Auction date : 2019-05-21
A lot containing several works or parts. Any published price is for the whole lot and is excluded from statistics.
Published result : 190 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 200–300
View the lot at the auction house ↗Medium — source: Recueil de poèmes, Paris, 1922, illustré de 31 bois originaux de Joseph Sima. Exemplaire n° 174 des 200 sur vergé de Montval, dans un tirage de 210. Le rattachement repose sur son rôle d’illustrateur explicitement nommé dans la notice. Référence du recueil entier ; invendu selon la source.
Le Livre de mariage — recueil illustré de 31 bois originaux
Recueil de poèmes, Paris, 1922, illustré de 31 bois originaux de Joseph Sima. Exemplaire n° 174 des 200 sur vergé de Montval, dans un tirage de 210. Le rattachement repose sur son rôle d’illustrateur explicitement nommé dans la notice. Référence du recueil entier ; invendu selon la source.
Auction date : 2019-05-21
A lot containing several works or parts. Any published price is for the whole lot and is excluded from statistics.
Reported unsold
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Attribué à JOSEPH SIMA — Landschaft bei Dämmerung.
gouache
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500
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