Marion Post Wolcott
Mother and Daughter in Front of Log Cabin near Carboro, NC, 1939
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 227
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 227
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Description
MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990)
Mother and Daughter in Front of Log Cabin near Carboro, NC, 1939
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated, annotated 'Marion Post Wolcott for F.S.A.' and 'An original vintage F.S.A. print' in pencil/ink (on the verso)
7 x 8 3/8in. (17.6 x 21.4cm.)
Mother and Daughter in Front of Log Cabin near Carboro, NC, 1939
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated, annotated 'Marion Post Wolcott for F.S.A.' and 'An original vintage F.S.A. print' in pencil/ink (on the verso)
7 x 8 3/8in. (17.6 x 21.4cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Marion Post Wolcott achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2011. In the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction, the work Mother and Daughter in Front of Log Cabin near Carboro, NC, 1939 sold for USD 2,750.00 (€ 2,119.79) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500.00. Admittedly, works by Marion Post Wolcott have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 in October 2021 with an auction result of USD 21,420.00 (€ 18,542.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Marion Post Wolcott erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II wurde die Arbeit Mother and Daughter in Front of Log Cabin near Carboro, NC, 1939 für USD 2.750,00 (€ 2.119,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Marion Post Wolcott auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 im Oktober 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 21.420,00 (€ 18.542,24).
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