James Francis Hurley
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
Found at
Christies,
London
Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection, Lot 225
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2006
Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection, Lot 225
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2006
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 120.000 GBP
Description
James Francis [Frank] Hurley (1885-1962)
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
dedicated by Shackleton on the title page 'To Miss Janet Stancomb Wills who from the first moment that we came together in the inception of this Expedition has been its friend and helper even in its darkest hours of trouble and anxiety, these few pictures of our adventures are presented in grateful and affectionate regards by Ernest Shackleton May 1917.
seventy nine gelatin silver prints, each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), all window mounted on grey paper, preceded by index leaf, title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, oblong 4°, sheet size 11¾ x 14¾in. (29.8 x 37.3cm.), mottled end papers.
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916.
dedicated by Shackleton on the title page 'To Miss Janet Stancomb Wills who from the first moment that we came together in the inception of this Expedition has been its friend and helper even in its darkest hours of trouble and anxiety, these few pictures of our adventures are presented in grateful and affectionate regards by Ernest Shackleton May 1917.
seventy nine gelatin silver prints, each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), all window mounted on grey paper, preceded by index leaf, title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, oblong 4°, sheet size 11¾ x 14¾in. (29.8 x 37.3cm.), mottled end papers.
A top price for Frank Hurley
This artwork by Frank Hurley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2006. In the Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection auction, the work Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. sold for GBP 120,000.00 (€ 177,025.30) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 45,000.00. This high result makes Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. the most expensive artwork by Frank Hurley that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Frank Hurley
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frank Hurley erzielte im September 2006 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection wurde die Arbeit Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. für GBP 120.000,00 (€ 177.025,30) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 45.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916. zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Frank Hurley, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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