Danny Lyon
Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs, Lot 153
17. Oct - 18. Oct 2006
Photographs, Lot 153
17. Oct - 18. Oct 2006
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
DANNY LYON (b. 1942)
Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968
New York: RFG Publishing Inc., 1983. 76 gelatin silver prints; each signed and numbered in pencil (on the verso); each 8¼ x 12in. (20.8 x 30.4cm.) or the reverse. Number 8 from an edition of 50. Each contained in a mylar sleeve, bound into a large oblong 4to. album with slipcase
Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968
New York: RFG Publishing Inc., 1983. 76 gelatin silver prints; each signed and numbered in pencil (on the verso); each 8¼ x 12in. (20.8 x 30.4cm.) or the reverse. Number 8 from an edition of 50. Each contained in a mylar sleeve, bound into a large oblong 4to. album with slipcase
A top price for Danny Lyon
This artwork by Danny Lyon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2006. In the Photographs auction, the work Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968 sold for USD 114,000.00 (€ 89,250.76) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. This high result makes Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968 the most expensive artwork by Danny Lyon that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Danny Lyon
Dieses Kunstwerk von Danny Lyon erzielte im Oktober 2006 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968 für USD 114.000,00 (€ 89.250,76) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Conversations with the Dead, 1967-1968 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Danny Lyon, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Danny Lyon - Auction history
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