Russell Lee
Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas, April 1939
Found at
Christies,
New York
Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I, Lot 253
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2011
Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I, Lot 253
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2011
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
RUSSELL LEE (1903-1986)
Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas, April 1939
gelatin silver print
signed in pencil, typed title, date and Lee/F.S.A. credit stamps (on the verso)
6½ x 9¾in. (16.8 x 24.5cm.)
Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas, April 1939
gelatin silver print
signed in pencil, typed title, date and Lee/F.S.A. credit stamps (on the verso)
6½ x 9¾in. (16.8 x 24.5cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas, April 1939 by Russell Lee was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 3,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 13,750.00 (€ 9,277.38). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Russell Lee - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pie Town, New Mexico., which sold at auction in November 2002 for GBP 12,925.00 (€ 20,239.88).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas, April 1939 von Russell Lee im April 2011 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 3.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 13.750,00 (€ 9.277,38) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Russell Lee mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pie Town, New Mexico. beobachtet, die im November 2002 für GBP 12.925,00 (€ 20.239,88) versteigert wurde.
Russell Lee - Auction history
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