Maynard Owen Williams - Great Buddha, 175 Feet High, Bamian, Afghanistan, 1931

Maynard Owen Williams

Great Buddha, 175 Feet High, Bamian, Afghanistan, 1931

Found at Christies, New York
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 20
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 600 - 800 USD
Price realised: 1.750 USD
Description
MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963)
Great Buddha, 175 Feet High, Bamian, Afghanistan, 1931
gelatin silver print
date stamps, typed credit and caption on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 7¾ x 5¾in. (19.7 x 14.7cm.)
mount: 14 x 9in. (35.5 x 22.7cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Maynard Owen Williams achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2012. In the The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration auction, the work Great Buddha, 175 Feet High, Bamian, Afghanistan, 1931 sold for USD 1,750.00 (€ 1,327.17) - well above the upper estimate of USD 800.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Maynard Owen Williams; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931 sold at auction in December 2012 with the realized price of USD 2,750.00 (€ 2,085.55).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Maynard Owen Williams erzielte im Dezember 2012 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration wurde die Arbeit Great Buddha, 175 Feet High, Bamian, Afghanistan, 1931 für USD 1.750,00 (€ 1.327,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Maynard Owen Williams; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931 im Dezember 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 2.750,00 (€ 2.085,55).

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