Frederick Sommer
Coyote
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 18.900 USD
Price realised: 18.900 USD
Description
Frederick Sommer
1905 - 1999
Coyote
gelatin silver print, mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1945, probably printed in the 1950s
image: 9 ½ by 7 ¾ in. (24.1 by 19.7 cm.)
frame: 18 ⅜ by 14 ¼ in. (46.7 by 36.2 cm.)
Gift of the photographer to Jonathan Williams, circa 1961 | Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, 1974 | Private collection, New Jersey | Peter MacGill, New York, 1981 | Collection of John and Lou Glasse, Poughkeepsie | By descent to the present owner
1905 - 1999
Coyote
gelatin silver print, mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1945, probably printed in the 1950s
image: 9 ½ by 7 ¾ in. (24.1 by 19.7 cm.)
frame: 18 ⅜ by 14 ¼ in. (46.7 by 36.2 cm.)
Gift of the photographer to Jonathan Williams, circa 1961 | Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, 1974 | Private collection, New Jersey | Peter MacGill, New York, 1981 | Collection of John and Lou Glasse, Poughkeepsie | By descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work Coyote by Frederick Sommer was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April last year. It achieved a price of USD 18,900.00 (€ 17,936.79), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 26%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Frederick Sommer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'Livia', which sold at auction in October 2020 for USD 69,300.00 (€ 59,500.30).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Coyote von Frederick Sommer kam im April letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 18.900,00 (€ 17.936,79) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 26%. Für andere Arbeiten von Frederick Sommer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'Livia' beobachtet, die im Oktober 2020 für USD 69.300,00 (€ 59.500,30) versteigert wurde.
Frederick Sommer - Auction history
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