Consuelo Kanaga

Mother and Son (The Question, Florida)

Found at Phillips, New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 39
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 33.750 USD
1950
Toned gelatin silver print.
10 1/2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm)
Credit stamp on reverse of mount.
Page Imageworks, San Francisco, 1995

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work Mother and Son (The Question, Florida) by Consuelo Kanaga was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 33,750.00 (€ 30,131.24). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Consuelo Kanaga - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Profile of a Young Girl from the Tennessee Series, which sold at auction in April 2019 for USD 106,250.00 (€ 94,857.60).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Mother and Son (The Question, Florida) von Consuelo Kanaga im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 33.750,00 (€ 30.131,24) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Consuelo Kanaga mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Profile of a Young Girl from the Tennessee Series beobachtet, die im April 2019 für USD 106.250,00 (€ 94.857,60) versteigert wurde.

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