Maynard Owen Williams
Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936
Found at
Christies,
New York
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 97
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 97
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 1.875 USD
Price realised: 1.875 USD
Description
MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS (1888-1963)
Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936
gelatin silver print
credit, caption and collection labels affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 6 x 5 7/8in. (15.2 x 15cm.)
mount: 9 x 7in. (22.8 x 17.8cm.)
Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936
gelatin silver print
credit, caption and collection labels affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 6 x 5 7/8in. (15.2 x 15cm.)
mount: 9 x 7in. (22.8 x 17.8cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Maynard Owen Williams could be acquired at Christies in New York in December 2012 for an unexpectedly low price. In the The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration auction, the work Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936 changed hands for USD 1,875.00 (€ 1,421.96) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Other works by Maynard Owen Williams have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in December 2012 by the work Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931 at USD 2,750.00 (€ 2,085.55).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Maynard Owen Williams konnte im Dezember 2012 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration wechselte die Arbeit Self-Portrait in a Cutout Window Silhouette, Paris, May, c. 1936 für USD 1.875,00 (€ 1.421,96) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Maynard Owen Williams wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Dezember 2012 die Arbeit Citroen-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition, Herat, Afghanistan, May 21, 1931 mit USD 2.750,00 (€ 2.085,55).
Maynard Owen Williams - Auction history
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