Ben Shahn
Immigration No. 2 (Design #7)
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Description
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
IMMIGRATION NO. 2 (DESIGN #7)
signed Ben Shahn (lower center) and titled Design No. 7 (upper center)
tempera on board
5 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches
(13.9 by 39.4 cm)
Painted in 1939.
Kennedy Galleries, New York | Mr. Marvin Pesses | Private collection, Japan | Acquired by the present owner from the above
1898 - 1969
IMMIGRATION NO. 2 (DESIGN #7)
signed Ben Shahn (lower center) and titled Design No. 7 (upper center)
tempera on board
5 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches
(13.9 by 39.4 cm)
Painted in 1939.
Kennedy Galleries, New York | Mr. Marvin Pesses | Private collection, Japan | Acquired by the present owner from the above
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Immigration No. 2 (Design #7) by Ben Shahn was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 200,000.00 (€ 176,491.35). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ben Shahn; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Scabbies are Welcome sold at auction in September 2006 with the realized price of USD 262,400.00 (€ 206,825.88).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Immigration No. 2 (Design #7) von Ben Shahn im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 200.000,00 (€ 176.491,35) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ben Shahn; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Scabbies are Welcome im September 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 262.400,00 (€ 206.825,88).
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