Herbert Bayer
Optics Notations I and II
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection, Lot 86
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection, Lot 86
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Description
Herbert Bayer
1900 - 1985
Optics Notations I and II
2 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, numbered ‘#1’ or ‘#2’ in ink in the margin, each signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'vintage' in pencil on the reverse, circa 1943 (2)
images: each approximately 9 1/2 by 13 1/2 in. (24.1 by 34.3 cm.)
Collection of Joella Bayer, the photographer’s widow | Christie’s New York, 15 April 1992, Sale 7428, Lots 39 and 40
1900 - 1985
Optics Notations I and II
2 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, numbered ‘#1’ or ‘#2’ in ink in the margin, each signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'vintage' in pencil on the reverse, circa 1943 (2)
images: each approximately 9 1/2 by 13 1/2 in. (24.1 by 34.3 cm.)
Collection of Joella Bayer, the photographer’s widow | Christie’s New York, 15 April 1992, Sale 7428, Lots 39 and 40
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Optics Notations I and II by Herbert Bayer was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in December 2020, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 7,000.00 – 10,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 5,040.00 (€ 4,121.01). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Herbert Bayer achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mirage In The Mountains in July 2020 with an auction result of GBP 125,000.00 (€ 139,427.98).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Optics Notations I and II von Herbert Bayer im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 5.040,00 (€ 4.121,01) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Herbert Bayer erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mirage In The Mountains im Juli 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 125.000,00 (€ 139.427,98).
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