Arthur Rothstein
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Description
1936
Gelatin silver print.
7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (19.1 x 19.4 cm)
Farm Security Administration stamps with credit, typed title and date on the verso.
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection, Europe | Christie's, New York, 18 April 2001, lot 34
Gelatin silver print.
7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (19.1 x 19.4 cm)
Farm Security Administration stamps with credit, typed title and date on the verso.
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection, Europe | Christie's, New York, 18 April 2001, lot 34
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma by Arthur Rothstein was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in New York in April 2018. The price achieved of USD 15,000.00 (€ 12,423.39) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Arthur Rothstein - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, which sold at auction in April 2001 for USD 23,500.00 (€ 26,481.86).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma von Arthur Rothstein wurde im April 2018 in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 12.423,39) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Arthur Rothstein mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma beobachtet, die im April 2001 für USD 23.500,00 (€ 26.481,86) versteigert wurde.
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