Harry Benson
'The Beatles, Paris' (Pillow Fight)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch, Lot 34
10. Apr - 10. Apr 2018
A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch, Lot 34
10. Apr - 10. Apr 2018
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Description
Harry Benson
B. 1929
'THE BEATLES, PARIS' (PILLOW FIGHT)
mural-sized enlarged contact sheet, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '6/40' in ink on the image, flush-mounted, framed, a Holden Luntz Gallery label on the reverse, 1964, printed later
Overall 43 by 44 3/4 in. (109.2 by 113.7 cm.)
Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, 2005
B. 1929
'THE BEATLES, PARIS' (PILLOW FIGHT)
mural-sized enlarged contact sheet, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '6/40' in ink on the image, flush-mounted, framed, a Holden Luntz Gallery label on the reverse, 1964, printed later
Overall 43 by 44 3/4 in. (109.2 by 113.7 cm.)
Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, 2005
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by Harry Benson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2018. In the A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch auction, the work 'The Beatles, Paris' (Pillow Fight) sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 10,352.82) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Harry Benson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Beatles 40th Anniversary Portfolio sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of GBP 10,080.00 (€ 11,858.16).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Harry Benson erzielte im April 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch wurde die Arbeit 'The Beatles, Paris' (Pillow Fight) für USD 12.500,00 (€ 10.352,82) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Harry Benson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Beatles 40th Anniversary Portfolio im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 10.080,00 (€ 11.858,16).
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