Eugene Richards

Grandmother, Brooklyn, New York

Found at Phillips, London Auction
Photographs, Lot 112
23. Nov - 23. Nov 2021
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.670 GBP
1993
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Image: 67.2 x 101.6 cm (26 1/2 x 40 in.)
Sheet: 84 x 118 cm (33 1/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso.

A top price for Eugene Richards

This artwork by Eugene Richards achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in London in November 2021. In the Photographs auction, the work Grandmother, Brooklyn, New York sold for GBP 5,670.00 (€ 6,657.11) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. This high result makes Grandmother, Brooklyn, New York the most expensive artwork by Eugene Richards that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Eugene Richards

Dieses Kunstwerk von Eugene Richards erzielte im November 2021 bei Phillips in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Grandmother, Brooklyn, New York für GBP 5.670,00 (€ 6.657,11) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Grandmother, Brooklyn, New York zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Eugene Richards, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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