Mary Ellen Mark
Tiny Blowing a Bubble, Seattle (from Streetwise)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve, Lot 2
21. Jul - 28. Jul 2021
Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve, Lot 2
21. Jul - 28. Jul 2021
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 5.292 USD
Price realised: 5.292 USD
Description
Mary Ellen Mark
1940 - 2015
Tiny Blowing a Bubble, Seattle (from Streetwise)
gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit stamp on the reverse, framed, a Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 1983, printed later
image: 8 ⅞ by 13 ¼ in. (25.1 by 33.7 cm.)
frame: 16 ¾ by 20 ¾ in. (42.5 by 52.7 cm.)
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
1940 - 2015
Tiny Blowing a Bubble, Seattle (from Streetwise)
gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit stamp on the reverse, framed, a Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 1983, printed later
image: 8 ⅞ by 13 ¼ in. (25.1 by 33.7 cm.)
frame: 16 ¾ by 20 ¾ in. (42.5 by 52.7 cm.)
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.
This artwork by Mary Ellen Mark achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in July 2021. In the Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve auction, the work Tiny Blowing a Bubble, Seattle (from Streetwise) sold for USD 5,292.00 (€ 4,460.55) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mary Ellen Mark - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Clayton Moore - The Former Lone Ranger At His Home - Los Angeles, California, which sold at auction in March 2015 for USD 15,000.00 (€ 13,965.18).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mary Ellen Mark erzielte im Juli 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve wurde die Arbeit Tiny Blowing a Bubble, Seattle (from Streetwise) für USD 5.292,00 (€ 4.460,55) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Mary Ellen Mark mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Clayton Moore - The Former Lone Ranger At His Home - Los Angeles, California beobachtet, die im März 2015 für USD 15.000,00 (€ 13.965,18) versteigert wurde.
Mary Ellen Mark - Auction history
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