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- 'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight'
Karl Struss
'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight'
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 313.000 USD
Price realised: 313.000 USD
Description
Karl Struss
1886-1981
'METROPOLITAN TOWER--TWILIGHT'
platinum print, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the image, titled and annotated 'Platinum print' by him in pencil and with his 'Hollywood, Calif.' studio stamp on the reverse, tipped at three corners to a Japan tissue mount, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the tissue mount; accompanied by a secondary mount, titled and annotated 'Platinum' by the photographer in ink and with his 'Hollywood Calif.' studio stamp a
12¼ by 9¼ in. (31.1 by 23.5 cm.)
Christie's East, 6 May 1985, Sale 5879, Lot 228 | Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1886-1981
'METROPOLITAN TOWER--TWILIGHT'
platinum print, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the image, titled and annotated 'Platinum print' by him in pencil and with his 'Hollywood, Calif.' studio stamp on the reverse, tipped at three corners to a Japan tissue mount, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the tissue mount; accompanied by a secondary mount, titled and annotated 'Platinum' by the photographer in ink and with his 'Hollywood Calif.' studio stamp a
12¼ by 9¼ in. (31.1 by 23.5 cm.)
Christie's East, 6 May 1985, Sale 5879, Lot 228 | Robert Miller Gallery, New York
A top price for Karl Struss
When the work 'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight' by Karl Struss was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2008, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at USD 313,000.00 (€ 201,053.44). This high result makes 'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight' the most expensive artwork by Karl Struss that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Karl Struss
Als die Arbeit 'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight' von Karl Struss im April 2008 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 313.000,00 (€ 201.053,44) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 'Metropolitan Tower--Twilight' zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Karl Struss, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.