Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman, Lot 15
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2019
Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman, Lot 15
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2019
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 70.000 USD
Price realised: 70.000 USD
Description
1990
Gelatin silver print.
26 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (68.3 x 68.3 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 'PP1/1' on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the frame. One from an edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof and 1 printer's proof.
Acquired directly from the artist
Gelatin silver print.
26 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (68.3 x 68.3 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 'PP1/1' on a gallery label affixed to the reverse of the frame. One from an edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof and 1 printer's proof.
Acquired directly from the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Carrie Mae Weems achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in June 2019. In the Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman auction, the work Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series sold for USD 70,000.00 (€ 61,941.42) - well above the upper estimate of USD 35,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Carrie Mae Weems - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Kitchen Table Series, which sold at auction in November 2019 for USD 237,500.00 (€ 215,536.80).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Carrie Mae Weems erzielte im Juni 2019 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman wurde die Arbeit Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series für USD 70.000,00 (€ 61.941,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 35.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Carrie Mae Weems mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Kitchen Table Series beobachtet, die im November 2019 für USD 237.500,00 (€ 215.536,80) versteigert wurde.
Carrie Mae Weems - Auction history
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