Alvin Langdon Coburn
Vortograph
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Inventive Eye: Photographs from a Private Collection, Lot 3
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2014
The Inventive Eye: Photographs from a Private Collection, Lot 3
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2014
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 605.000 USD
Price realised: 605.000 USD
Description
Alvin Langdon Coburn
1882-1966
VORTOGRAPH
mounted to deckle-edged paper, signed in pencil on the mount, mounted again to tan board, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1917
10 3/4 by 8 1/8 in. (27.3 by 20.3 cm.)
The photographer to Leonard Arundale | Private collection, circa 1965 | Thereafter, by agent to a private collection | Christie's New York, 27 April 2004, Sale 1367, Lot 249 | Private collection, San Francisco | Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2008
1882-1966
VORTOGRAPH
mounted to deckle-edged paper, signed in pencil on the mount, mounted again to tan board, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1917
10 3/4 by 8 1/8 in. (27.3 by 20.3 cm.)
The photographer to Leonard Arundale | Private collection, circa 1965 | Thereafter, by agent to a private collection | Christie's New York, 27 April 2004, Sale 1367, Lot 249 | Private collection, San Francisco | Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2008
A top price for Alvin Langdon Coburn
The work Vortograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn was sold in the The Inventive Eye: Photographs from a Private Collection auction at Sothebys in New York in March 2014. It achieved a price of USD 605,000.00 (€ 439,137.69), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 73%. This high result makes Vortograph the most expensive artwork by Alvin Langdon Coburn that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alvin Langdon Coburn
Die Arbeit Vortograph von Alvin Langdon Coburn wurde im März 2014 in der Auktion The Inventive Eye: Photographs from a Private Collection bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 605.000,00 (€ 439.137,69) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 73%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Vortograph zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alvin Langdon Coburn, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Alvin Langdon Coburn - Auction history
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