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Joseph Pennell
New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679)
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 2.233 USD
Price realised: 2.233 USD
Description
JOSEPH PENNELL (1860-1926)
New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679)
six etchings, 1915, all on laid paper, three inking variants of each image, all signed in pencil, (W. 671) numbered '34', '39' and '69' respectively in ink at either the lower right or upper left corner, all with wide margins, (W. 679) one numbered '43' in ink at the lower right, all with very soft handling creases and pale surface soiling in the margins, a few with wear at the extreme margin edges, otherwise generally in very good condition (6)
New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679)
six etchings, 1915, all on laid paper, three inking variants of each image, all signed in pencil, (W. 671) numbered '34', '39' and '69' respectively in ink at either the lower right or upper left corner, all with wide margins, (W. 679) one numbered '43' in ink at the lower right, all with very soft handling creases and pale surface soiling in the margins, a few with wear at the extreme margin edges, otherwise generally in very good condition (6)
A top price for Joseph Pennell
The work New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679) by Joseph Pennell was sold in the Prints auction at Christies in New York in February 2002. The »bidding war« ended at USD 2,232.50 (€ 2,578.54), 49% above the upper estimate. With this result, New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679) is even the most expensive work of art by Joseph Pennell that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Joseph Pennell
Die Arbeit New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679) von Joseph Pennell wurde im Februar 2002 in der Auktion Prints bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 2.232,50 (€ 2.578,54) und damit 49% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist New York from Brooklyn; and The City in 1915 (Wuerth 671; and 679) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Joseph Pennell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.