Candida Höfer

Bank Nürnberg

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 417
10. Nov - 10. Nov 2023
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 40.320 USD
CANDIDA HÖFER (B. 1944)
Bank Nürnberg
signed 'Candida Höfer' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in. (120 x 120 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number five from an edition of six.

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work Bank Nürnberg by Candida Höfer was auctioned at Christies in New York in November this year. It achieved a price of USD 40,320.00 (€ 36,963.70), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 15%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Candida Höfer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra IV, which sold at auction in February 2015 for GBP 80,500.00 (€ 110,997.54).

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit Bank Nürnberg von Candida Höfer kam im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 40.320,00 (€ 36.963,70) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 15%. Für andere Arbeiten von Candida Höfer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra IV beobachtet, die im Februar 2015 für GBP 80.500,00 (€ 110.997,54) versteigert wurde.

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