Lewis Wickes Hine
Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 275.000 USD
Price realised: 275.000 USD
Description
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940)
gelatin silver print
titled in pencil with artist's 'Interpretive Photography' stamp (verso)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.5 x 17.8 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
Christie's New York, April 20, 1994, lot 15; | acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
gelatin silver print
titled in pencil with artist's 'Interpretive Photography' stamp (verso)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.5 x 17.8 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
Christie's New York, April 20, 1994, lot 15; | acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Lewis Wickes Hine
This artwork by Lewis Wickes Hine achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2021. In the Photographs auction, the work Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 sold for USD 275,000.00 (€ 228,595.18) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 the most expensive artwork by Lewis Wickes Hine that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Lewis Wickes Hine
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lewis Wickes Hine erzielte im April 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 für USD 275.000,00 (€ 228.595,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lewis Wickes Hine, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Lewis Wickes Hine - Auction history
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