Harry Callahan
Trees And Mist (Chicago, Trees In Snow)
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 254.500 USD
Price realised: 254.500 USD
Description
Harry Callahan
1912-1999
'TREES AND MIST' (CHICAGO, TREES IN SNOW)
mounted, signed in ink and with a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit and title and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1950, printed no later than 1958
7 1/2 by 9 3/8 in. (19.1 by 23.8 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in December 1958 for the Library Collection
1912-1999
'TREES AND MIST' (CHICAGO, TREES IN SNOW)
mounted, signed in ink and with a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit and title and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1950, printed no later than 1958
7 1/2 by 9 3/8 in. (19.1 by 23.8 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in December 1958 for the Library Collection
A top price for Harry Callahan
This artwork by Harry Callahan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in June 2010. In the Photographs from the Polaroid Collection auction, the work Trees And Mist (Chicago, Trees In Snow) sold for USD 254,500.00 (€ 207,062.08) - well above the upper estimate of USD 100,000.00. This high result makes Trees And Mist (Chicago, Trees In Snow) the most expensive artwork by Harry Callahan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Harry Callahan
Dieses Kunstwerk von Harry Callahan erzielte im Juni 2010 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs from the Polaroid Collection wurde die Arbeit Trees And Mist (Chicago, Trees In Snow) für USD 254.500,00 (€ 207.062,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Trees And Mist (Chicago, Trees In Snow) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Harry Callahan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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