Alex Webb
Mexicans arrested while trying to cross the border to the United States, San Ysidro, California, 1979
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Lot 276
06.Apr - 06.Apr.2017
Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Lot 276
06.Apr - 06.Apr.2017
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Cibachrome print
signed, titled 'US Mexico Border' and dated in ink, numbered '1/50' in pencil (verso)
image: 12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (31.8 x 48 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 in. (40.4 x 50.8 cm.)
This work is number 1 from the edition of 50.
Magnum Photos, New York; | acquired from the above, Private Collection.
signed, titled 'US Mexico Border' and dated in ink, numbered '1/50' in pencil (verso)
image: 12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (31.8 x 48 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 in. (40.4 x 50.8 cm.)
This work is number 1 from the edition of 50.
Magnum Photos, New York; | acquired from the above, Private Collection.
A top price for Alex Webb
The work Mexicans arrested while trying to cross the border to the United States, San Ysidro, California, 1979 by Alex Webb was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2017. It achieved a price of USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,457.55), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 16%. With this result, Mexicans arrested while trying to cross the border to the United States, San Ysidro, California, 1979 is even the most expensive work of art by Alex Webb that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alex Webb
Die Arbeit Mexicans arrested while trying to cross the border to the United States, San Ysidro, California, 1979 von Alex Webb kam im April 2017 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.457,55) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 16%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Mexicans arrested while trying to cross the border to the United States, San Ysidro, California, 1979 sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Alex Webb, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.