$Edward Weston - \'Death Valley\'$

Edward Weston

'Death Valley'

Found at Sothebys, New York
Edward Weston's Gifts to His Sister and Other Photographs, Lot 82
8. Apr - 8. Apr 2008

Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 27.400 USD

Description

Edward Weston
1886-1958
'DEATH VALLEY'
mounted, initialed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the mount, titled by him in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1937
7 1/2 by 9 1/2 in. (19.1 by 24.1 cm.)
The photographer to his sister, Mary Weston Seaman | By descent to her daughter, Jeannette Seaman | By descent to her nephew, John W. Longstreth

Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.

This artwork by Edward Weston achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2008. In the Edward Weston's Gifts to His Sister and Other Photographs auction, the work 'Death Valley' sold for USD 27,400.00 (€ 17,600.21) - well above the upper estimate of USD 15,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Edward Weston achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Nude in April 2008 with an auction result of USD 1,609,000.00 (€ 1,033,530.32).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Edward Weston erzielte im April 2008 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Edward Weston's Gifts to His Sister and Other Photographs wurde die Arbeit 'Death Valley' für USD 27.400,00 (€ 17.600,21) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 15.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Edward Weston erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Nude im April 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.609.000,00 (€ 1.033.530,32).