W. Eugene Smith
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, 1954
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Description
W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, 1954
gelatin silver print
inscribed 'To John, Technical data, oil lamp, and strobe light bounced against a dirty brown floor, exposure or ½ second with a hand steady from good, good scotch and benzedrine. Love, Gene' in ink, credit in pencil, stamped 'Proof Print' and Smith/Magnum copyright credit stamps (on the verso)
3 1/8 x 4½in. (8 x 12cm.)
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, 1954
gelatin silver print
inscribed 'To John, Technical data, oil lamp, and strobe light bounced against a dirty brown floor, exposure or ½ second with a hand steady from good, good scotch and benzedrine. Love, Gene' in ink, credit in pencil, stamped 'Proof Print' and Smith/Magnum copyright credit stamps (on the verso)
3 1/8 x 4½in. (8 x 12cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by W. Eugene Smith achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2010. In the Photographs auction, the work Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, 1954 sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 9,397.08) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. Admittedly, works by W. Eugene Smith have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946 in October 2016 with an auction result of USD 52,500.00 (€ 47,892.72).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von W. Eugene Smith erzielte im April 2010 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Lambarene, 1954 für USD 12.500,00 (€ 9.397,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von W. Eugene Smith auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946 im Oktober 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 52.500,00 (€ 47.892,72).
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