Arthur Rothstein

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1939

Found at Christies, New York
Photographs, Lot 50
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985)
Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1939
gelatin silver print
signed by the artist in pencil, credit, title and annotation 'This photograph is from my personal collection, acquired from F.S.A. in 1939-40' by Marion Post Wolcott in ink (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
15 3/8 x 19¼in. (39 x 48.8cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1939 by Arthur Rothstein was worth USD 21,250.00 (€ 16,380.17) to a buyer in December 2011. This price was achieved in the auction Photographs at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 7,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Arthur Rothstein; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma sold at auction in April 2001 with the realized price of USD 23,500.00 (€ 26,481.86).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1939 von Arthur Rothstein war einem Käufer im Dezember 2011 USD 21.250,00 (€ 16.380,17) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Photographs bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Arthur Rothstein; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma im April 2001 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 23.500,00 (€ 26.481,86).

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