Alexey Brodovitch

Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37

Found at Christies, New York
Photographs, Lot 117
17. Oct - 18. Oct 2006
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 45.600 USD
ALEXEY BRODOVITCH (1898-1971)
Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37
gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1945
9½ x 13½in. (24.1 x 34.3cm.)

A top price for Alexey Brodovitch

When the work Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37 by Alexey Brodovitch was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 45,600.00 (€ 35,700.31). This high result makes Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37 the most expensive artwork by Alexey Brodovitch that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Alexey Brodovitch

Als die Arbeit Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37 von Alexey Brodovitch im Oktober 2006 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 45.600,00 (€ 35.700,31) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Ballet (Boutique Fantasque), 1935-37 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alexey Brodovitch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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