163 lots are offered in a Sotheby’s Prints & Multiples online sale closing today at high noon. Seven Edward Hopper prints are featured and open the sale.
images: Edward Hopper prints offered through Sotheby’s online auction Oct. 22, 2024
- A Corner, etching 1919 (presale estimate 10,000- 12,000) sold $18,000 (hammer price, excluding fees)
- Evening, The Seine, etching circa 1915-1918 (est. 20,000-40,000) sold $24,000
- Railroad Crossing, drypoint 1923 (est 80,000-180,000) did not sell
- Aux Fortifications, etching 1923 (est. 130,000-200,000) did not sell
- Les Deux Pigeons, etching 1920 (est. 175,000-225,000) sold $204,000
- The Monhegan Boat, etching 1919, (est. 240,000-280,000) did not sell–reserve not met at $190,000
- The Open Window, etching circa 1915-1918 (est. 25,000-40,000) did not sell
*Reserves weren’t met for unsold works.
I did not appraise these particular impressions selling today and don’t know their provenance. I have inspected other impressions of these editions from public and private collections in the past and was excited to see a stunning impression of Aux Fortifications for sale earlier this year.
Stuart Davis drawings circa 1912-1913, Houses on the Shore (Summer Cottages) est. 12-18,000 and Clam Diggers est. 7-10,000, failed to sell in Sotheby’s Oct 1 Modern Discoveries sale.
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