Alma Lavenson
Composition
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Description
1933
Gelatin silver print.
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
Signed in pencil on the mount; titled and dated in ink on an artist’s label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Collection of the artist's family
Gelatin silver print.
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
Signed in pencil on the mount; titled and dated in ink on an artist’s label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Collection of the artist's family
Upper estimate price exceeded by 58 %.
The work Composition by Alma Lavenson was auctioned at Phillips in New York in October 2018. It achieved a price of USD 23,750.00 (€ 20,958.35), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 58%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alma Lavenson - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Self-Portrait, which sold at auction in October 2000 for USD 58,750.00 (€ 69,231.68).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 58 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Composition von Alma Lavenson kam im Oktober 2018 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 23.750,00 (€ 20.958,35) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 58%. Für andere Arbeiten von Alma Lavenson mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Self-Portrait beobachtet, die im Oktober 2000 für USD 58.750,00 (€ 69.231,68) versteigert wurde.
Alma Lavenson - Auction history
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