Arthur Rothstein
Sharecropper's Daughter, Arkansas, 1935
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 237
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 237
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Description
ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985)
Sharecropper's Daughter, Arkansas, 1935
gelatin silver print
signed in pencil (on the verso)
10 1/8 x 10 1/8in. (26 x 26cm.)
Sharecropper's Daughter, Arkansas, 1935
gelatin silver print
signed in pencil (on the verso)
10 1/8 x 10 1/8in. (26 x 26cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Arthur Rothstein achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2011. In the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction, the work Sharecropper's Daughter, Arkansas, 1935 sold for USD 5,000.00 (€ 3,854.16) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,500.00. Admittedly, works by Arthur Rothstein have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma in April 2001 with an auction result of USD 23,500.00 (€ 26,481.86).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Arthur Rothstein erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II wurde die Arbeit Sharecropper's Daughter, Arkansas, 1935 für USD 5.000,00 (€ 3.854,16) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Arthur Rothstein auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma im April 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 23.500,00 (€ 26.481,86).
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