Alma Lavenson
Auratum Lily
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 20
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 20
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Description
1932
Gelatin silver print.
9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount; titled in ink on the ‘3921 Harrison Street, Oakland California’ label, with Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and Orange Camera Club exhibition labels on the reverse of the mount.
Collection of Alma Lavenson | Albert and Paul Wahrhaftig, sons of Alma Lavenson | Susan Ehrens, Berkeley, 1989 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Gelatin silver print.
9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount; titled in ink on the ‘3921 Harrison Street, Oakland California’ label, with Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and Orange Camera Club exhibition labels on the reverse of the mount.
Collection of Alma Lavenson | Albert and Paul Wahrhaftig, sons of Alma Lavenson | Susan Ehrens, Berkeley, 1989 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Auratum Lily by Alma Lavenson was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April 2019. The price achieved of USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,159.72) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Admittedly, works by Alma Lavenson have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Self-Portrait in October 2000 with an auction result of USD 58,750.00 (€ 69,231.68).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Auratum Lily von Alma Lavenson kam im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.159,72) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alma Lavenson auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Self-Portrait im Oktober 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 58.750,00 (€ 69.231,68).
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