Wright Morris
Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947
Found at
Christies,
New York
The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from The Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman, Lot 528
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2011
The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from The Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman, Lot 528
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2011
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Description
WRIGHT MORRIS (1910-1992)
Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil (on the verso)
7½ x 9 3/8in. (19 x 23.8cm.)
Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil (on the verso)
7½ x 9 3/8in. (19 x 23.8cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Wright Morris achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2011. In the The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from The Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman auction, the work Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947 sold for USD 2,750.00 (€ 1,971.75) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500.00. Admittedly, works by Wright Morris have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Wright Morris in October 2011 with an auction result of USD 11,875.00 (€ 8,514.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wright Morris erzielte im Oktober 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The American Landscape, Black and White Photographs from The Collection of Bruce and Nancy Berman wurde die Arbeit Drawer with Silverware, Home Place, 1947 für USD 2.750,00 (€ 1.971,75) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wright Morris auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Wright Morris im Oktober 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 11.875,00 (€ 8.514,38).
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