Carrie Mae Weems

Africa

Found at Bonhams, New York (Online Auction)
The Gift of Photographs, Lot 467
2. Dec - 12. Dec 2023
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 3.072 USD
PROPERTY FROM THE JOHN PFAHL LEGACY TRUST
Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953)
Africa, 1997
Platinum print; signed, dated, and numbered '36/100' in pencil on the reverse.
8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.)
sheet 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Carrie Mae Weems achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in New York in December this year. In the The Gift of Photographs auction, the work Africa sold for USD 3,072.00 (€ 2,777.07) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Carrie Mae Weems achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Kitchen Table Series in November 2019 with an auction result of USD 237,500.00 (€ 215,536.80).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Carrie Mae Weems erzielte im Dezember diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Gift of Photographs wurde die Arbeit Africa für USD 3.072,00 (€ 2.777,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Carrie Mae Weems erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Kitchen Table Series im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 237.500,00 (€ 215.536,80).

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