Adolf Fassbender

The White Night

Found at Christies, New York
Photographs, Lot 110
13. Oct - 13. Oct 2000
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 17.625 USD
ADOLF FASSBENDER (1884-1980)
The White Night
Blue toned gelatin silver print on gas-light paper. Circa 1934. Signed and titled in pencil on the mount; signed, titled and annotated 205 West 57th Street, New York City in ink on the reverse of the mount.
15 x 101/8in. (38.1 x 25.7cm.)

A top price for Adolf Fassbender

This artwork by Adolf Fassbender achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2000. In the Photographs auction, the work The White Night sold for USD 17,625.00 (€ 20,769.50) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. This high result makes The White Night the most expensive artwork by Adolf Fassbender that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Adolf Fassbender

Dieses Kunstwerk von Adolf Fassbender erzielte im Oktober 2000 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit The White Night für USD 17.625,00 (€ 20.769,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The White Night zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Adolf Fassbender, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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