Ray K. Metzker
Composites: Tall Grove Of Nudes
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 122.500 USD
Price realised: 122.500 USD
Description
Ray K. Metzker
B. 1931
COMPOSITES: TALL GROVE OF NUDES
a unique oversized composition of 140 photographs, each flush-mounted and mounted together on white acrylic, framed to the photographer's specifications, 1966
25 by 23 in. (63.5 by 58.4 cm.)
Acquired by the present owner directly from the photographer, 1970
B. 1931
COMPOSITES: TALL GROVE OF NUDES
a unique oversized composition of 140 photographs, each flush-mounted and mounted together on white acrylic, framed to the photographer's specifications, 1966
25 by 23 in. (63.5 by 58.4 cm.)
Acquired by the present owner directly from the photographer, 1970
A top price for Ray Metzker
This artwork by Ray Metzker achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2012. In the Photographs auction, the work Composites: Tall Grove Of Nudes sold for USD 122,500.00 (€ 92,599.59) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. This high result makes Composites: Tall Grove Of Nudes the most expensive artwork by Ray Metzker that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ray Metzker
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ray Metzker erzielte im April 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Composites: Tall Grove Of Nudes für USD 122.500,00 (€ 92.599,59) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Composites: Tall Grove Of Nudes zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ray Metzker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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