Yousuf Karsh
'Georgia O'Keeffe'
Estimate: 6.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 11.875 USD
Price realised: 11.875 USD
Description
Yousuf Karsh
1908-2002
'GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'
large-format, mounted, signed in ink on the mount, the photographer's credit stamp, with title and date in pencil, on the reverse, 1956, printed later (Karsh, p. 111)
23 7/8 by 19 7/8 in. (60.6 by 50.5 cm.)
Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, D. C., 1980
1908-2002
'GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'
large-format, mounted, signed in ink on the mount, the photographer's credit stamp, with title and date in pencil, on the reverse, 1956, printed later (Karsh, p. 111)
23 7/8 by 19 7/8 in. (60.6 by 50.5 cm.)
Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, D. C., 1980
Upper estimate price exceeded by 32 %.
The work 'Georgia O'Keeffe' by Yousuf Karsh was sold in the Photographs auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2017. It achieved a price of USD 11,875.00 (€ 10,899.50), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 32%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yousuf Karsh - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Fifteen Portraits, which sold at auction in April 2013 for USD 50,000.00 (€ 37,970.84).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 32 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit 'Georgia O'Keeffe' von Yousuf Karsh wurde im April 2017 in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 11.875,00 (€ 10.899,50) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 32%. Für andere Arbeiten von Yousuf Karsh mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Fifteen Portraits beobachtet, die im April 2013 für USD 50.000,00 (€ 37.970,84) versteigert wurde.
Yousuf Karsh - Auction history
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