Peter Henry Emerson
Selected Images
Found at
Phillips,
New York
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Lot 87
3. Oct - 3. Oct 2017
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Lot 87
3. Oct - 3. Oct 2017
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Description
1886
Twenty-three platinum prints from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, each with printed tissue title overleaf.
Varying dimensions from 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (12.1 x 17.1 cm) to 9 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (23.2 x 28.6 cm)
Printed title and plate number on tissue overleaf affixed to each mount.
Collection of Sir Henry W. Lucy | Collection of Sir Sydney R. Russell-Wells | Christie's, South Kensington, 3 May 1995, lot 142
Twenty-three platinum prints from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, each with printed tissue title overleaf.
Varying dimensions from 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (12.1 x 17.1 cm) to 9 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (23.2 x 28.6 cm)
Printed title and plate number on tissue overleaf affixed to each mount.
Collection of Sir Henry W. Lucy | Collection of Sir Sydney R. Russell-Wells | Christie's, South Kensington, 3 May 1995, lot 142
A top price for Peter Henry Emerson - as previously expected
The work Selected Images by Peter Henry Emerson was sold in the The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation auction at Phillips in New York in October 2017. The auction ended at the price of USD 30,000.00 (€ 25,755.49), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Selected Images is the most expensive artwork by Peter Henry Emerson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Selected Images von Peter Henry Emerson wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 30.000,00 (€ 25.755,49) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 20.000,00 – 30.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Selected Images das teuerste Kunstwerk von Peter Henry Emerson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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