Laura Gilpin
The Rio Grande Yields Its Surplus To The Sea
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 366
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 366
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Estimate: 6.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 28.125 USD
Price realised: 28.125 USD
Description
Laura Gilpin
1891-1979
'THE RIO GRANDE YIELDS ITS SURPLUS TO THE SEA'
mounted on Winsor & Newton illustration board, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, a typed label, with credit, title, and publication information, and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit, title, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1947, printed no later than 1957 (Enduring Grace, pl. 115)
8¾ by 13 in. (22.2 by 33 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection
1891-1979
'THE RIO GRANDE YIELDS ITS SURPLUS TO THE SEA'
mounted on Winsor & Newton illustration board, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, a typed label, with credit, title, and publication information, and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit, title, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1947, printed no later than 1957 (Enduring Grace, pl. 115)
8¾ by 13 in. (22.2 by 33 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work The Rio Grande Yields Its Surplus To The Sea by Laura Gilpin was worth USD 28,125.00 (€ 22,882.60) to a buyer in June 2010. This price was achieved in the auction Photographs from the Polaroid Collection at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 9,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Laura Gilpin; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot 'Ranchos Church' sold at auction in July 2020 with the realized price of USD 31,250.00 (€ 26,541.53).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Rio Grande Yields Its Surplus To The Sea von Laura Gilpin war einem Käufer im Juni 2010 USD 28.125,00 (€ 22.882,60) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Photographs from the Polaroid Collection bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Laura Gilpin; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit 'Ranchos Church' im Juli 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 31.250,00 (€ 26.541,53).
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