Heinrich Kühn - Männerakt Mit Einer Kugel (Male Nude Holding Ball)

Heinrich Kühn

Männerakt Mit Einer Kugel (Male Nude Holding Ball)

Found at Sothebys, New York
Photographs, Lot 136
3. Oct - 3. Oct 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Heinrich Kühn
1866-1944
MÄNNERAKT MIT EINER KUGEL (MALE NUDE HOLDING BALL)
gum-bichromate print, framed, circa 1905
11 1/2  by 9 1/4  in. (29.2 by 23.5 cm.)
Collection of Lotte Kühn, the photographer's daughter | Lunn Gallery, Inc., Washington, D. C. | Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1982 | By descent to the present owner
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.

This artwork by Heinrich Kühn achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2018. In the Photographs auction, the work Männerakt Mit Einer Kugel (Male Nude Holding Ball) sold for USD 35,000.00 (€ 30,885.99) - well above the upper estimate of USD 18,000.00. Admittedly, works by Heinrich Kühn have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Landschaft mit Linden. in November 2019 with an auction result of EUR 125,000.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Heinrich Kühn erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Männerakt Mit Einer Kugel (Male Nude Holding Ball) für USD 35.000,00 (€ 30.885,99) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Heinrich Kühn auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Landschaft mit Linden. im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 125.000,00.

Heinrich Kühn - Auction history

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Heinrich Kühn - Portrait of a Man
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Portrait of a Man
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Heinrich Kühn - Ohne Titel
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Heinrich Kühn - Lotte and Hans Kühn, c. 1908
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Heinrich Kühn - Lotte Kühn, c. 1910
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Apr 2022
Christies, New York (Online Auction)

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