Clare Leighton
Bread Line, New York
Found at
Christies,
Sydney (Online Auction)
Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century, Lot 18
8. Aug - 18. Aug 2023
Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century, Lot 18
8. Aug - 18. Aug 2023
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989) Bread Line, New York wood-engraving, on wove paper, 1931-1932, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 5/100, with margins Image: 11 7 ⁄ 8 x 7 7 ⁄ 8 in. (302 x 200 mm.) Sheet: 14 1 ⁄ 8 x 9 3 ⁄ 4 in. (359 x 248 mm.)
A top price for Clare Leighton
This artwork by Clare Leighton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Sydney in August this year. In the Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century auction, the work Bread Line, New York sold for USD 11,970.00 (€ 11,043.45) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. This high result makes Bread Line, New York the most expensive artwork by Clare Leighton that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Clare Leighton
Dieses Kunstwerk von Clare Leighton erzielte im August diesen Jahres bei Christies in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century wurde die Arbeit Bread Line, New York für USD 11.970,00 (€ 11.043,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Bread Line, New York zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Clare Leighton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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