Paul Strand
Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922
Found at
Christies,
New York
the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection, Lot 54
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection, Lot 54
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 783.750 USD
Price realised: 783.750 USD
Description
PAUL STRAND (1890-1976)
Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922
2 gelatin silver prints, flush-mounted back-to-back
various notations (on the recto/reverse of the flush-mount)
image: each 9 5/8 x 7 5/8
sheet/flush-mount: 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)
Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922
2 gelatin silver prints, flush-mounted back-to-back
various notations (on the recto/reverse of the flush-mount)
image: each 9 5/8 x 7 5/8
sheet/flush-mount: 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)
A top price for Paul Strand
This artwork by Paul Strand achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2013. In the the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection auction, the work Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922 sold for USD 783,750.00 (€ 595,192.89) - well above the upper estimate of USD 350,000.00. This high result makes Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922 the most expensive artwork by Paul Strand that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Paul Strand
Dieses Kunstwerk von Paul Strand erzielte im April 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection wurde die Arbeit Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922 für USD 783.750,00 (€ 595.192,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 350.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York, 1922 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Paul Strand, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Paul Strand - Auction history
