Margaret Bourke-White
Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 4
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 4
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 400.000 USD
Price realised: 400.000 USD
Description
1937
Gelatin silver print.
9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (24.4 x 33.3 cm)
Credited and titled in a calligraphic hand in ink on the mount; credit stamp and titled in an unidentified hand in pencil and a gold foil 1938 Grand Central Exposition label on the reverse of the mount.
Christie’s, New York, 26 April 1988, lot 88
Gelatin silver print.
9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (24.4 x 33.3 cm)
Credited and titled in a calligraphic hand in ink on the mount; credit stamp and titled in an unidentified hand in pencil and a gold foil 1938 Grand Central Exposition label on the reverse of the mount.
Christie’s, New York, 26 April 1988, lot 88
A top price for Margaret Bourke-White
The work Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky by Margaret Bourke-White was sold in the Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection auction at Phillips in New York in April 2019. The »bidding war« ended at USD 400,000.00 (€ 357,110.97), 60% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky the most expensive artwork by Margaret Bourke-White that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Margaret Bourke-White
Die Arbeit Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky von Margaret Bourke-White wurde im April 2019 in der Auktion Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 400.000,00 (€ 357.110,97) und damit 60% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Margaret Bourke-White, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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