Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Occasion for diriment
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Description
1962
Gelatin silver print.
7 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (18.7 x 18.7 cm)
Signed by Madelyn O. Meatyard in ink, estate copyright credit stamp and annotations in unidentified hands in pencil on the verso.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Gelatin silver print.
7 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (18.7 x 18.7 cm)
Signed by Madelyn O. Meatyard in ink, estate copyright credit stamp and annotations in unidentified hands in pencil on the verso.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Occasion for diriment by Ralph Eugene Meatyard was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in New York in October 2018. It achieved a price of USD 9,375.00 (€ 8,273.03), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 17%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ralph Eugene Meatyard - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled, (Flag - derelict interior with Christopher), 1960, which sold at auction in April 2007 for USD 33,600.00 (€ 24,597.36).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Occasion for diriment von Ralph Eugene Meatyard wurde im Oktober 2018 in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 9.375,00 (€ 8.273,03) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 17%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ralph Eugene Meatyard mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled, (Flag - derelict interior with Christopher), 1960 beobachtet, die im April 2007 für USD 33.600,00 (€ 24.597,36) versteigert wurde.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard - Auction history
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