Aaron Siskind
Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Description
New York: LIGHT, 1972.
Ten gelatin silver prints, nine mounted.
Each approximately 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (24.1 x 24.1 cm)
Eight prints signed in pencil on the mount with printed portfolio labels on the reverse of the mount; one print signed and titled in ink on the reverse of the mount; one print signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin. Numbered 7 in ink on the colophon. Accompanied by the linen portfolio and silver-stamped slipcase. Number 7 from an edition of 15.
LIGHT, New York | Private Collection, Miami
Ten gelatin silver prints, nine mounted.
Each approximately 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (24.1 x 24.1 cm)
Eight prints signed in pencil on the mount with printed portfolio labels on the reverse of the mount; one print signed and titled in ink on the reverse of the mount; one print signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin. Numbered 7 in ink on the colophon. Accompanied by the linen portfolio and silver-stamped slipcase. Number 7 from an edition of 15.
LIGHT, New York | Private Collection, Miami
A top price for Aaron Siskind
The work Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation by Aaron Siskind was auctioned at Phillips in New York in July 2020. It achieved a price of USD 81,250.00 (€ 69,007.98), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. This high result makes Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation the most expensive artwork by Aaron Siskind that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Aaron Siskind
Die Arbeit Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation von Aaron Siskind kam im Juli 2020 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 81.250,00 (€ 69.007,98) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Aaron Siskind, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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