Weegee
Weegee Portfolio
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs, Lot 156
02.Okt - 02.Okt.2019
Photographs, Lot 156
02.Okt - 02.Okt.2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
New York: The Weegee Collection, 1982. Images from 1936-1952. Portfolio of forty-five gelatin silver prints, printed 1982 by Sid Kaplan; each blindstamped 'The Weegee Collection' (margin); each numbered sequentially '1-45' and '7' in an unknown hand in pencil (verso); each image approximately 16 x 12 5/8 in. (40.6 x 32.1 cm.) or the inverse; each sheet 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.) or the inverse; together with printed title page with number '7' in ink, foreword by Louis Stettner and plate list;
A top price for Weegee
This artwork by Weegee achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2019. In the Photographs auction, the work Weegee Portfolio sold for USD 62,500.00 (€ 56,028.69) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Weegee Portfolio the most expensive artwork by Weegee that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Weegee
Dieses Kunstwerk von Weegee erzielte im Oktober 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Weegee Portfolio für USD 62.500,00 (€ 56.028,69) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Weegee Portfolio zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Weegee, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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