Tina Modotti
Roses, Mexico
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 33
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 33
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 220.000 USD
Price realised: 220.000 USD
Description
1924
Platinum or palladium print.
7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (19.1 x 21.6 cm)
Vittorio Vidali’s ‘Commander of the Fifth Regiment’ stamp on the verso; signed in pencil and the Fifth Regiment stamp on the reverse of the repurposed mount.
From the photographer to Vittorio Vidali | By descent to his son Carlos Vidali | Sotheby’s, New York, 17 April 1991, lot 212 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Platinum or palladium print.
7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (19.1 x 21.6 cm)
Vittorio Vidali’s ‘Commander of the Fifth Regiment’ stamp on the verso; signed in pencil and the Fifth Regiment stamp on the reverse of the repurposed mount.
From the photographer to Vittorio Vidali | By descent to his son Carlos Vidali | Sotheby’s, New York, 17 April 1991, lot 212 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Roses, Mexico by Tina Modotti was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 300,000.00 – 500,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 220,000.00 (€ 196,411.03). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Tina Modotti - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Telephone Wires, Mexico, which sold at auction in April 2019 for USD 692,000.00 (€ 617,801.98).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Roses, Mexico von Tina Modotti im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 220.000,00 (€ 196.411,03) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Tina Modotti mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Telephone Wires, Mexico beobachtet, die im April 2019 für USD 692.000,00 (€ 617.801,98) versteigert wurde.
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