Dorothea Lange
White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco, 1933
Found at
Christies,
New York
Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappé, Lot 340
10.Okt - 10.Okt.2017
Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappé, Lot 340
10.Okt - 10.Okt.2017
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Description
gelatin silver print, printed early 1950s
stamped photographer's Euclid Avenue credit (verso)
image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 26.6 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts; | acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005.
stamped photographer's Euclid Avenue credit (verso)
image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 26.6 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts; | acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco, 1933 by Dorothea Lange was sold in the Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappé auction at Christies in New York in October 2017. The »bidding war« ended at USD 200,000.00 (€ 171,703.30), 67% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dorothea Lange - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Migrant Mother, 1936, which sold at auction in February 2016 for USD 389,000.00 (€ 357,931.54).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco, 1933 von Dorothea Lange wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappé bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 200.000,00 (€ 171.703,30) und damit 67% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Dorothea Lange mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Migrant Mother, 1936 beobachtet, die im Februar 2016 für USD 389.000,00 (€ 357.931,54) versteigert wurde.
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