Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Florence, Italy
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 7.650 USD
Price realised: 7.650 USD
Description
Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
American Girl in Florence, Italy, 1951
Gelatin silver print, printed posthumously, facsimile signature blind-stamp in the margin, signed, titled, dated and numbered '52/80' in pencil by Mary Engel, Estate Executor, on the verso.
13 x 19 1/2 in. (33 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, pp. 90-91 | Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995, exhibition catalogue, p. 9 | Ruth Orkin: Above and Beyond, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, December 9, 1999-January 22, 2000, exhibition catalogue, p. 9 | Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy: The Making of A Classic, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, September 16 - October 22, 2005, exhibition catalogue, cover and pl. 10 | Cornic, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin: Outside - From Street Photography to Filmmaking, Carlotta Films, 2014, pp. 106-107
American Girl in Florence, Italy, 1951
Gelatin silver print, printed posthumously, facsimile signature blind-stamp in the margin, signed, titled, dated and numbered '52/80' in pencil by Mary Engel, Estate Executor, on the verso.
13 x 19 1/2 in. (33 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, pp. 90-91 | Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995, exhibition catalogue, p. 9 | Ruth Orkin: Above and Beyond, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, December 9, 1999-January 22, 2000, exhibition catalogue, p. 9 | Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy: The Making of A Classic, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, September 16 - October 22, 2005, exhibition catalogue, cover and pl. 10 | Cornic, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin: Outside - From Street Photography to Filmmaking, Carlotta Films, 2014, pp. 106-107
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
The work American Girl in Florence, Italy by Ruth Orkin was sold in the The Gift of Photographs auction at Bonhams in December last year. The »bidding war« ended at USD 7,650.00 (€ 7,150.87), 53% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Ruth Orkin have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work American Girl in Florence, Italy in February 2021 with an auction result of USD 52,812.50 (€ 43,671.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit American Girl in Florence, Italy von Ruth Orkin wurde im Dezember letzten Jahres in der Auktion The Gift of Photographs bei Bonhams versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 7.650,00 (€ 7.150,87) und damit 53% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ruth Orkin auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit American Girl in Florence, Italy im Februar 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 52.812,50 (€ 43.671,96).
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