Berenice Abbott
New York At Night, 1932
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991)
New York at Night, 1932
gelatin silver print
titled 'Night View', dated 'c. 1934', annotated (crossed out) 'Midtown, Manhattan (Evening)' in pencil and Commerce Street credit stamp (on the verso)
image/sheet: 13 x 10½in. (33 x 26.6cm.)
New York at Night, 1932
gelatin silver print
titled 'Night View', dated 'c. 1934', annotated (crossed out) 'Midtown, Manhattan (Evening)' in pencil and Commerce Street credit stamp (on the verso)
image/sheet: 13 x 10½in. (33 x 26.6cm.)
A top price for Berenice Abbott
This artwork by Berenice Abbott achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2013. In the Photographs auction, the work New York At Night, 1932 sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 64,366.63) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes New York At Night, 1932 the most expensive artwork by Berenice Abbott that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Berenice Abbott
Dieses Kunstwerk von Berenice Abbott erzielte im Oktober 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit New York At Night, 1932 für USD 87.500,00 (€ 64.366,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht New York At Night, 1932 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Berenice Abbott, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Berenice Abbott - Auction history
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