Pirkle Jones
Pacific Ocean, San Francisco (Sunset District)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 368
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 368
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Pirkle Jones
1914-2009
'PACIFIC OCEAN, SAN FRANCISCO' (SUNSET DISTRICT)
mounted, the photographer's '2279 - 40th Avenue, San Francisco 16, Calif.' studio stamp and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title, credit, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1951, printed no later than 1957 (California Photographs, pp. 22-3; Capturing Light, pl. 134)
7 1/4 by 9 1/4 in. (18.4 by 23.5 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection
1914-2009
'PACIFIC OCEAN, SAN FRANCISCO' (SUNSET DISTRICT)
mounted, the photographer's '2279 - 40th Avenue, San Francisco 16, Calif.' studio stamp and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title, credit, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1951, printed no later than 1957 (California Photographs, pp. 22-3; Capturing Light, pl. 134)
7 1/4 by 9 1/4 in. (18.4 by 23.5 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Pacific Ocean, San Francisco (Sunset District) by Pirkle Jones was sold in the Photographs from the Polaroid Collection auction at Sothebys in New York in June 2010. It achieved a price of USD 8,125.00 (€ 6,610.53), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Pirkle Jones - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'Portfolio Two', which sold at auction in April 2007 for USD 19,200.00 (€ 14,055.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Pacific Ocean, San Francisco (Sunset District) von Pirkle Jones wurde im Juni 2010 in der Auktion Photographs from the Polaroid Collection bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 6.610,53) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Für andere Arbeiten von Pirkle Jones mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'Portfolio Two' beobachtet, die im April 2007 für USD 19.200,00 (€ 14.055,64) versteigert wurde.
Pirkle Jones - Auction history
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