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- 'Fifteen Portraits'
Yousuf Karsh
'Fifteen Portraits'
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 31.250 USD
Price realised: 31.250 USD
Description
Yousuf Karsh
1908-2002
'FIFTEEN PORTRAITS'
(Carmel: Weston Gallery, 1983, an edition of 100), a portfolio of 15 oversized photographs, each mounted, signed in ink and editioned '28/100' in pencil on the mount, 1948-72, printed in 1983; together with the printed title and plate list. Atlas folio, beige linen clamshell box with blindstamped leather label
Various sizes to 23 7/8 by 20 in. (60.6 by 50.8 cm.) or the reverse
1908-2002
'FIFTEEN PORTRAITS'
(Carmel: Weston Gallery, 1983, an edition of 100), a portfolio of 15 oversized photographs, each mounted, signed in ink and editioned '28/100' in pencil on the mount, 1948-72, printed in 1983; together with the printed title and plate list. Atlas folio, beige linen clamshell box with blindstamped leather label
Various sizes to 23 7/8 by 20 in. (60.6 by 50.8 cm.) or the reverse
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work 'Fifteen Portraits' by Yousuf Karsh was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2016. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 30,000.00 – 50,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 31,250.00 (€ 28,507.57) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Yousuf Karsh have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in April 2013 the work Fifteen Portraits was auctioned for USD 50,000.00 (€ 37,970.84).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit 'Fifteen Portraits' von Yousuf Karsh kam im Oktober 2016 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 30.000,00 – 50.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 31.250,00 (€ 28.507,57) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Yousuf Karsh konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im April 2013 die Arbeit Fifteen Portraits für USD 50.000,00 (€ 37.970,84) versteigert.