Consuelo Kanaga

Camellia in Water

Found at Phillips, New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 19
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
1927-1928
Gelatin silver print.
3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (9.5 x 7.3 cm)
Signed and inscribed in pencil on the mount.
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 21 November 1993, lot 1759 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent

Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.

This artwork by Consuelo Kanaga achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in April 2019. In the Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection auction, the work Camellia in Water sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,159.72) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. Admittedly, works by Consuelo Kanaga have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Profile of a Young Girl from the Tennessee Series in April 2019 with an auction result of USD 106,250.00 (€ 94,857.60).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Consuelo Kanaga erzielte im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection wurde die Arbeit Camellia in Water für USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.159,72) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Consuelo Kanaga auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Profile of a Young Girl from the Tennessee Series im April 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 106.250,00 (€ 94.857,60).

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