Un vero successo per l’asta THE DELIGHTED EYE: MODERNIST MASTERWORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, tenutasi da Christie’s New York il 4 aprile e conclusasi con totale di 7,654,125 USD (76% sold by lot – 91% sold by value), stabilendo inoltre, 10 record mondiali d’asta, compresi quelli per Francis Bruguière, Georg Muche e Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack. L’opera più incredibile è stata rayograph Untitled Man Ray del 1922,che raggiunto 1,2 milioni di dollari, contro la stima di 50.000 350.000, stabilendo un nuovo record d’asta mondiale per una fotografia dell’artista.
Top Lot:
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled Rayograph, unique gelatin silver photogram,1922 aggiudicazione record per l’artista – stima 250,000 – 350,000 USD – venduta a 1,203,750 USD
Paul Strand (1890-1976), Akeley Motion Picture Camera, 2 gelatin silver prints, flush-mounted back-to-back, 1922 – stima 250,000 – 350,000 USD – venduta a 783,750 USD
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), Untitled (Photogram), gelatin silver print, 1923-1925, printed 1929- stima 200,000 – 300,000 USD, venduta a 507,750 USD
Edward Weston (1886-1958), Nude, palladium print, 1925 – stima 400,000 – 600,000 – venduta a 483,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled, Cannes,gelatin silver print, 1924 – stima 80,000 – 120,000, venduta a 387,750
Tina Modotti (1896-1942), Untitled (Texture and Shadow),palladium print, 1924-1926 – stima 200,000 – 300,000 venduta a 363,750
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), From the Back Window — “291”, platinum print, Summer 1914 – stima 300,000 – 500,000 -venduta a 363,750
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), Vortograph (The Eagle), gelatin silver print, 1917 – stima 200,000 – 300,000, venduta a 339,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Monte Carlo Banknote (Marcel Duchamp), 1921, gelatin silver print on carte postale, printed 1930s – stima 200,000 – 300,000, venduta a 243,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled, gelatin silver print, 1921-1922 – stima 250,000 – 350,000, venduta a 219,750