Helen Levitt

Untitled (Graffiti, New York), C. 1939

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, Lot 61
05.Okt - 14.Okt.2020
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 3.750 USD
gelatin silver print
signed, dated and inscribed 'this is my photograph' (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels (frame backing board)
image: 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in (21.3 x 13.9 cm.)
sheet: 8 7⁄ 8 x 6 3⁄ 8 in. (22.5 x 16.2 cm.)
Collection of Walker Evans; | Collection of Harry Lunn; | Sotheby's, New York, October 13, 2000, lot 162; | acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Helen Levitt could be acquired at Christies in New York in October 2020 for an unexpectedly low price. In the The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection auction, the work Untitled (Graffiti, New York), C. 1939 changed hands for USD 3,750.00 (€ 3,219.71) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Helen Levitt achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work New York, c.1942 in November 2007 with an auction result of GBP 29,300.00 (€ 41,027.58).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Helen Levitt konnte im Oktober 2020 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection wechselte die Arbeit Untitled (Graffiti, New York), C. 1939 für USD 3.750,00 (€ 3.219,71) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Helen Levitt erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit New York, c.1942 im November 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 29.300,00 (€ 41.027,58).

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