A real success for the THE DELIGHTED EYE: MODERNIST MASTERWORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION auction, held at Christie's New York on April 4 and which ended with a total of $ 7,654,125 (76% sold by lot – 91% sold by value), also setting 10 world auction records, including those for Francis Bruguière, Georg Muche and Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack. The most incredible work was the 1922 rayograph Untitled Man Ray, which fetched $1,2 million against an estimated $50.000-350.000, setting a new world auction record for a photograph by the artist.
Top Lots:
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled Rayograph, unique gelatin silver photogram, 1922 record hammer price for the artist – estimate 250,000 – 350,000 USD – sold for 1,203,750 USD
Paul Strand (1890-1976), Akeley Motion Picture Camera, 2 gelatin silver prints, flush-mounted back-to-back, 1922 – estimate USD 250,000 – 350,000 – sold for USD 783,750
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), Untitled (Photogram), gelatin silver print, 1923-1925, printed 1929- estimate $200,000 – $300,000, sold for $507,750
Edward Weston (1886-1958), Nude, palladium print, 1925 – estimate 400,000 – 600,000 – sold for 483,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled, Cannes, gelatin silver print, 1924 – estimate 80,000 – 120,000, sold for 387,750
Tina Modotti (1896-1942), Untitled (Texture and Shadow), palladium print, 1924-1926 – estimate 200,000 – 300,000 sold at 363,750
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), From the Back Window — “291”, platinum print, Summer 1914 – estimate 300,000 – 500,000 -sold for 363,750
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), Vortograph (The Eagle), gelatin silver print, 1917 – estimate 200,000 – 300,000, sold for 339,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Monte Carlo Banknotes (Marcel Duchamp), 1921, gelatin silver print on postal cards, printed 1930s – estimate 200,000 – 300,000, sold for 243,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), untitled, gelatin silver print, 1921-1922 – estimate 250,000 – 350,000, sold for 219,750
