Ilse Bing
Self Portrait, Paris
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Description
1931
Gelatin silver print.
11 1/8 x 8 in. (28.3 x 20.3 cm)
Initialed and dated in ink on the recto; 'Foto/ Ilse Bing/ 1931' stamp on the mount; signed, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount.
From the collection of the artist | Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Gelatin silver print.
11 1/8 x 8 in. (28.3 x 20.3 cm)
Initialed and dated in ink on the recto; 'Foto/ Ilse Bing/ 1931' stamp on the mount; signed, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount.
From the collection of the artist | Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Self Portrait, Paris by Ilse Bing was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in New York in October 2013. It achieved a price of USD 15,000.00 (€ 11,034.28), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ilse Bing - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Self Portrait with Leica, Paris, which sold at auction in October 2012 for USD 50,000.00 (€ 38,586.20).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Self Portrait, Paris von Ilse Bing wurde im Oktober 2013 in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 11.034,28) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ilse Bing mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Self Portrait with Leica, Paris beobachtet, die im Oktober 2012 für USD 50.000,00 (€ 38.586,20) versteigert wurde.