Roman Vishniac
'Children Of Want And Fear' (The Notice On The Wall Says Come Celebrate Chanukah. These Men Are Selling Old Clothes, Kazimierz, Cracow)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Modern Image: Photographs from an Important American Collection, Lot 46
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
The Modern Image: Photographs from an Important American Collection, Lot 46
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Description
Roman Vishniac
1897-1990
'CHILDREN OF WANT AND FEAR' (THE NOTICE ON THE WALL SAYS COME CELEBRATE CHANUKAH. THESE MEN ARE SELLING OLD CLOTHES, KAZIMIERZ, CRACOW)
ferrotyped, the photographer's agency and print date stamps with credit in pencil, title and annotations in pencil, and 'LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION' and file number stamps on the reverse, framed, a Holden Luntz 20th Century Master Photography label on the reverse, 1938, printed in 1943
8 by 10 in. (20.3 by 25.4 cm.)
Time Inc. Picture Collection, Howard Greenberg, agent | Holden Luntz 20th Century Master Photography, Palm Beach, circa 2000
1897-1990
'CHILDREN OF WANT AND FEAR' (THE NOTICE ON THE WALL SAYS COME CELEBRATE CHANUKAH. THESE MEN ARE SELLING OLD CLOTHES, KAZIMIERZ, CRACOW)
ferrotyped, the photographer's agency and print date stamps with credit in pencil, title and annotations in pencil, and 'LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION' and file number stamps on the reverse, framed, a Holden Luntz 20th Century Master Photography label on the reverse, 1938, printed in 1943
8 by 10 in. (20.3 by 25.4 cm.)
Time Inc. Picture Collection, Howard Greenberg, agent | Holden Luntz 20th Century Master Photography, Palm Beach, circa 2000
Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.
The work 'Children Of Want And Fear' (The Notice On The Wall Says Come Celebrate Chanukah. These Men Are Selling Old Clothes, Kazimierz, Cracow) by Roman Vishniac was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2013. It achieved a price of USD 9,375.00 (€ 7,119.53), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 34%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Roman Vishniac - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'The Vanished World', which sold at auction in October 2010 for USD 28,125.00 (€ 20,242.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 34 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit 'Children Of Want And Fear' (The Notice On The Wall Says Come Celebrate Chanukah. These Men Are Selling Old Clothes, Kazimierz, Cracow) von Roman Vishniac kam im April 2013 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 9.375,00 (€ 7.119,53) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 34%. Für andere Arbeiten von Roman Vishniac mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'The Vanished World' beobachtet, die im Oktober 2010 für USD 28.125,00 (€ 20.242,55) versteigert wurde.
Roman Vishniac - Auction history
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