Captain Linnaeus Tripe
Views of India, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), c. 1858
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 107.500 USD
Price realised: 107.500 USD
Description
salted paper or light albumen prints from waxed paper negatives, twelve mounted on paper
un-mounted prints [3]: each titled and dated '1858' in pencil (verso)
mounted prints [12]: each embossed photographer's monogram with 'PHOTOGRAPHER TO GOVERNMENT' and variously numbered on affixed, typed label (mount, recto)
Image/sheet sizes ranging from: 13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.) to 15 x 11 ¼ in. (38 x 28.5 cm.) or inverse
mounts: 22 5/8 x 18 in. (57.4 x 45.6 cm.) or inverse
(15)
Three acquired from Robert Hershkowtiz, London, 1977-78. | Twelve acquired from Charles Wood, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1976.
un-mounted prints [3]: each titled and dated '1858' in pencil (verso)
mounted prints [12]: each embossed photographer's monogram with 'PHOTOGRAPHER TO GOVERNMENT' and variously numbered on affixed, typed label (mount, recto)
Image/sheet sizes ranging from: 13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.) to 15 x 11 ¼ in. (38 x 28.5 cm.) or inverse
mounts: 22 5/8 x 18 in. (57.4 x 45.6 cm.) or inverse
(15)
Three acquired from Robert Hershkowtiz, London, 1977-78. | Twelve acquired from Charles Wood, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1976.
A top price for Linnaeus Tripe
The work Views of India, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), c. 1858 by Linnaeus Tripe was worth USD 107,500.00 (€ 91,001.44) to a buyer in September 2017. This price was achieved in the auction The Collection of Paul F. Walter at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 30,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Views of India, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), c. 1858 the most expensive artwork by Linnaeus Tripe that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Linnaeus Tripe
Die Arbeit Views of India, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), c. 1858 von Linnaeus Tripe war einem Käufer im September 2017 USD 107.500,00 (€ 91.001,44) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Collection of Paul F. Walter bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Views of India, Indonesia and Myanmar (Burma), c. 1858 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Linnaeus Tripe, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Linnaeus Tripe - Auction history
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