Carleton E. Watkins
'The Garrison, Columbia River'
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston, Lot 20
26. Apr - 26. Apr 2007
Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston, Lot 20
26. Apr - 26. Apr 2007
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 492.000 USD
Price realised: 492.000 USD
Description
Carleton E. Watkins1829-1916
1829-1916
'THE GARRISON, COLUMBIA RIVER'
a plate from the album Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon (San Francisco: C. E. Watkins, 1872), mammoth-plate albumen print, on the original two-toned folio mount, titled in an unidentified contemporary calligraphic hand in ink and numbered '23' in an unidentified modern hand in pencil on the mount, matted, framed, two San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibition labels on the reverse, circa 1867
15 7/8 by 20¾ in. (40.3 by 52.7 cm.)
The University Club, New York | Swann Galleries, New York, 10 May 1979 | Acquired by Margaret W. Weston from the above
1829-1916
'THE GARRISON, COLUMBIA RIVER'
a plate from the album Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon (San Francisco: C. E. Watkins, 1872), mammoth-plate albumen print, on the original two-toned folio mount, titled in an unidentified contemporary calligraphic hand in ink and numbered '23' in an unidentified modern hand in pencil on the mount, matted, framed, two San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibition labels on the reverse, circa 1867
15 7/8 by 20¾ in. (40.3 by 52.7 cm.)
The University Club, New York | Swann Galleries, New York, 10 May 1979 | Acquired by Margaret W. Weston from the above
A top price for Carleton E. Watkins
The work 'The Garrison, Columbia River' by Carleton E. Watkins was sold in the Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2007. It achieved a price of USD 492,000.00 (€ 360,175.70), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 64%. This high result makes 'The Garrison, Columbia River' the most expensive artwork by Carleton E. Watkins that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Carleton E. Watkins
Die Arbeit 'The Garrison, Columbia River' von Carleton E. Watkins wurde im April 2007 in der Auktion Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 492.000,00 (€ 360.175,70) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 64%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 'The Garrison, Columbia River' zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Carleton E. Watkins, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Carleton E. Watkins - Auction history
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