Kurt Seligmann
Wrested from Mirrors
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Description
etching, on Umbria Italia paper, 1941, Mason's second (final) state, signed in pencil, a proof aside from the edition of 30 (four of which were hand-colored) which were inserted in the broadside of the same title containing a poem by Nicolas Calas (translated by William Carlos Williams), published by Nierendorf Gallery, New York in 1941, with wide margins, in very good condition, framed
Image: 9 7/8 x 7 ¼ in. (251 x 184 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ½ x 10 1/3 in. (368 x 262 mm.)
Image: 9 7/8 x 7 ¼ in. (251 x 184 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ½ x 10 1/3 in. (368 x 262 mm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Wrested from Mirrors by Kurt Seligmann was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2018. The price achieved of USD 3,000.00 (€ 2,647.37) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 2,500.00 – 3,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kurt Seligmann achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Witches in February 2015 with an auction result of GBP 173,000.00 (€ 238,541.31).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Wrested from Mirrors von Kurt Seligmann kam im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 3.000,00 (€ 2.647,37) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 2.500,00 – 3.500,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kurt Seligmann erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Witches im Februar 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 173.000,00 (€ 238.541,31).
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