Ralph Steiner
American Rural Baroque
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 1.250 USD
Price realised: 1.250 USD
Description
RALPH STEINER
1899-1986
AMERICAN RURAL BAROQUE
signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1929, printed later ('Vanishing Backyards,' Fortune, vol. I, no. 4, May 1930, p. 78)
7¾ by 10 in. (19.7 by 25.4 cm.)
The photographer to Murray Weiss, founder of the Milwaukee Center for Photography | By descent to the present owner
1899-1986
AMERICAN RURAL BAROQUE
signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1929, printed later ('Vanishing Backyards,' Fortune, vol. I, no. 4, May 1930, p. 78)
7¾ by 10 in. (19.7 by 25.4 cm.)
The photographer to Murray Weiss, founder of the Milwaukee Center for Photography | By descent to the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work American Rural Baroque by Ralph Steiner was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 1,250.00 (€ 1,120.57). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ralph Steiner achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled, New York, 1925 in April 2013 with an auction result of USD 25,000.00 (€ 18,985.42).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit American Rural Baroque von Ralph Steiner im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 1.250,00 (€ 1.120,57) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ralph Steiner erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled, New York, 1925 im April 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 25.000,00 (€ 18.985,42).
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