Gustav Schenk

Untitled from Schöpfung aus dem Wassertropfen, 1954

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
MoMA: Tracing Photography's History, Lot 98
09.Jul - 19.Jul.2018
Estimate: 2.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 750 USD
gelatin silver print, printed by Rolf Petersen
credited and annotated 'Diogenes IV' in pencil (verso)
image: 15 ½ x 19 7/8 (39.4 x 50.6 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.7 x 50.6 cm.)
Acquired from the artist, c. 1956.

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Gustav Schenk could be acquired at Christies in New York in July 2018 for an unexpectedly low price. In the MoMA: Tracing Photography's History auction, the work Untitled from Schöpfung aus dem Wassertropfen, 1954 changed hands for USD 750.00 (€ 640.70) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 2,000.00 – 4,000.00. Other works by Gustav Schenk have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in July 2018 by the work Untitled from Schöpfung aus dem Wassertropfen, 1954 at USD 1,500.00 (€ 1,281.39).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Gustav Schenk konnte im Juli 2018 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion MoMA: Tracing Photography's History wechselte die Arbeit Untitled from Schöpfung aus dem Wassertropfen, 1954 für USD 750,00 (€ 640,70) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.000,00 – 4.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Gustav Schenk wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Juli 2018 die Arbeit Untitled from Schöpfung aus dem Wassertropfen, 1954 mit USD 1.500,00 (€ 1.281,39).

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