Walker Evans
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs, Lot 14
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2003
Photographs, Lot 14
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2003
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
WALKER EVANS
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Gelatin silver print. 1936. Signed, titled Savannah, GA and dated in pencil on the mount.
9 x 7in. (22.9 x 17.8cm.)
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Gelatin silver print. 1936. Signed, titled Savannah, GA and dated in pencil on the mount.
9 x 7in. (22.9 x 17.8cm.)
A top price for Walker Evans
In October 2003 Christies in New York held the auction Photographs, which included the work Penny Picture Display, Savannah by Walker Evans. The »bidding war« ended at USD 197,900.00 (€ 170,471.19), 32% above the upper estimate. With this result, Penny Picture Display, Savannah is even the most expensive work of art by Walker Evans that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Walker Evans
Im Oktober 2003 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Photographs durch, in der auch die Arbeit Penny Picture Display, Savannah von Walker Evans zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 197.900,00 (€ 170.471,19) und damit 32% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Penny Picture Display, Savannah sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Walker Evans, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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