Consuelo Kanaga
Two Hands
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 11
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 11
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 27.500 USD
Price realised: 27.500 USD
Description
1930
Gelatin silver print.
6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Signed and titled in pencil on the mount; a typed credit and title label affixed the reverse of the mount.
Christie’s, New York, 5 October 1995, lot 335 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Gelatin silver print.
6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Signed and titled in pencil on the mount; a typed credit and title label affixed the reverse of the mount.
Christie’s, New York, 5 October 1995, lot 335 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
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 Two Hands sold for USD 27,500.00 (€ 24,551.38) - well above the upper estimate of USD 15,000.00. 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % 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 Two Hands für USD 27.500,00 (€ 24.551,38) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 15.000,00. 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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