Steichen's Pond Gum
it sold for $2.9 Million...... but after taxes...:)
Robert N.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:
I suppose it does no good to speculate, but I've been puzzling why
it is that Steichen's gums, or gum over whatevers, have sold for
so much more; in fact his moon over the pond cyanogum I believe
still holds the record for highest price paid yet for a photograph,
a couple of years ago (I don't now remember the price, but someone
probably does). Way more than $9,000, which I actually think is a
steal for a Demachy, even though like you, I'm not keen on the
Symbolist content. I suppose it has mostly to do with name
recognition, and then to a lesser extent with a more universally
appealing content. Steichen's evokes a universally accessible
mood, an emotion, where Demachy's is more interesting in an
academic sense as a record of a style that was popular once but now
seems just curious.
Katharine
On Apr 16, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Peter Marshall wrote:
Anyone feeling rich?
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lfsearch/LotDescription.aspx?
intObjectID=4893308
7,000 - 9,000 U.S. dollars
Lot Description ROBERT DEMACHY (1859-1936)
Symbolist Study of Sleeping Woman in Woods, 1905
gum bichromate print
6 3/8 x 9in. (16.2 x 22.9cm.)
Looks rather gloomy, even murky in repro, to me, but I'm not a
great Demachy fan. There are many great images in the auction, and
this certainly wouldn't be my pick even if I had the cash to
spare. There are a some platinum prints going too, but this was
the only gum I noticed.
Regards,
--
Peter Marshall
petermarshall@cix.co.uk
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