Alexander Gardner - Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Gardner

Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln

Found at Sothebys, New York
Photographs, Lot 43
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2011
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Description
Alexander Gardner
1821-1882
PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Imperial albumen print, on a thin paper mount, the photographer's credit and 'Washington' in letterpress on the mount, framed, 1863 (Ostendorf 79)
18¼ by 14½ in. (46.4 by 36.8 cm.)
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A top price for Alexander Gardner

This artwork by Alexander Gardner achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2011. In the Photographs auction, the work Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln sold for USD 98,500.00 (€ 70,624.51) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. This high result makes Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln the most expensive artwork by Alexander Gardner that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Alexander Gardner

Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexander Gardner erzielte im Oktober 2011 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln für USD 98.500,00 (€ 70.624,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alexander Gardner, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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