Steve Mccurry
Afghan Girl
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Modern Image: Photographs from an Important American Collection, Lot 59
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
The Modern Image: Photographs from an Important American Collection, Lot 59
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2013
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Description
Steve McCurry
B. 1950
AFGHAN GIRL
dye-transfer print, signed in ink on the reverse, framed, 1985, printed in 1989 (National Geographic, June 1985, Vol. 167, No. 6, cover)
26 by 17 3/8 in. (66 by 44.1 cm.)
Magnum Photos, Inc., Archive | Christie's New York, 18 April 2001, Sale 9618, lot 287
B. 1950
AFGHAN GIRL
dye-transfer print, signed in ink on the reverse, framed, 1985, printed in 1989 (National Geographic, June 1985, Vol. 167, No. 6, cover)
26 by 17 3/8 in. (66 by 44.1 cm.)
Magnum Photos, Inc., Archive | Christie's New York, 18 April 2001, Sale 9618, lot 287
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2013. It achieved a price of USD 37,500.00 (€ 28,478.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Steve McCurry; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Blue City, Jodhpur, India, 2010 sold at auction in November 2018 with the realized price of INR 3,750,000.00 (€ 47,359.36).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Afghan Girl von Steve McCurry kam im April 2013 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 37.500,00 (€ 28.478,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Steve McCurry; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Blue City, Jodhpur, India, 2010 im November 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von INR 3.750.000,00 (€ 47.359,36).
Steve McCurry - Auction history
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