Lucien Clergue

Chicago Suite

Found at Bonhams, London (Online Auction)
Photographs Now The Collector's Edition, Lot 183
3. Jul - 13. Jul 2023
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 3.840 USD
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Chicago Suite, 1980
A sequence of 5 gelatin silver prints in an accordion-style mount, with title and colophon; signed in pencil and numbered '5' from the edition of 50 on the colophon.
each image 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (28.6 x 19.1 cm.)
Christie's New York, 15 February 2005, Lot 369. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 54 %.

The work Chicago Suite by Lucien Clergue was auctioned at Bonhams in London in July this year. It achieved a price of USD 3,840.00 (€ 3,484.57), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 54%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lucien Clergue - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nu Zébré I, New York', which sold at auction in November 2015 for EUR 12,500.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 54 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Chicago Suite von Lucien Clergue kam im Juli diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 3.840,00 (€ 3.484,57) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 54%. Für andere Arbeiten von Lucien Clergue mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nu Zébré I, New York' beobachtet, die im November 2015 für EUR 12.500,00 versteigert wurde.

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