Henri Cartier–Bresson

The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru the morning after Gandhi died, Birla House, Delhi, 1948

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
MoMA: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lot 28
05.Okt - 11.Okt.2017

Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX

Description

gelatin silver print, printed 1968
variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (26.6 x 39.3 cm.)
sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (30.1 x 39.9 cm.)
This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition Cartier-Bresson: Recent Photographs presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1968.
Purchase and gift of the artist, 1968.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.

The work The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru the morning after Gandhi died, Birla House, Delhi, 1948 by Henri Cartier-Bresson was sold in the MoMA: Henri Cartier-Bresson auction at Christies in New York in October 2017. The »bidding war« ended at USD 12,500.00 (€ 10,731.46), 56% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Henri Cartier-Bresson achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work On the Banks of the Marne, France in April 2017 with an auction result of USD 212,500.00 (€ 195,043.60).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru the morning after Gandhi died, Birla House, Delhi, 1948 von Henri Cartier-Bresson wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion MoMA: Henri Cartier-Bresson bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 12.500,00 (€ 10.731,46) und damit 56% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Henri Cartier-Bresson erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit On the Banks of the Marne, France im April 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 212.500,00 (€ 195.043,60).