Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Sotheby's Polaroid sale - highlights





The sale of the Polaroid collection held at Sotheby's New York on Monday and Tuesday of this week realized USD 7,197.439.
Here are some highlights:

CHUCK CLOSE
'9 PART SELF PORTRAIT'
Estimate: 50,000—70,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 290,500 USD
DESCRIPTION
a composition of 9 unique large-format Polaroid Polapan flush-mounted prints, signed, titled, and dated in ink in the lower margins, affixed to a mount, framed, 1987

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
JAPANESE SKY I (FROM THE BLEACHER SERIES)
Estimate: 40,000—60,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 242,500 USD
DESCRIPTION
a composition of 4 unique bleached Polaroid Polapan prints, mounted to aluminum, signed and dated in silver ink on the mount, in a frame designed to the artist's specifications, an Innovation/Imagination exhibition label on the reverse, 1988

ANDY WARHOL
SELF-PORTRAIT (EYES CLOSED)
Estimate: 10,000—15,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 254,500 USD
DESCRIPTION
unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, 1979

ANSEL ADAMS
CLEARING WINTER STORM, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Estimate: 300,000—500,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 722,500 USD
DESCRIPTION
mural-sized, flush-mounted, framed, 1938, probably printed in the 1950s or 1960s

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