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- Estimate
- €10,000–€15,000 hammer ≈ $11,539–$17,308
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — PF1220, Paris · 15 May 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4090481
- Record
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Josef Sudek, the magic garden during a summer shower, 1954-59. Sotheby's, 15 May 2012, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4090481.
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Josef Sudek, the magic garden during a summer shower, 1954-59. Sotheby's, 15 May 2012, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4090481.
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From the same sale Pf1220 · May 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givenchy Hat, Paris 1958 | Frank Horvat | €7,000–€9,000 | |
| 9 Alcoves, 1996 | James Casebere | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| Moscow Bikini, 1959 | William Klein | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Salon de 1852 | Gustave Le Gray | €240,000–€280,000 | |
| Ossip Zadkine, 1926 | André Kertész | €14,000–€18,000 | |
| Pont Alexandre III, 1957 | Willy Ronis | €4,000–€6,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Sudek | Panoramas of Prague | $13,750 | Phillips, Oct 2018 | |
| Josef Sudek | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2019 | ||
| Josef Sudek | Window of My Studio (roses and shell) | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Josef Sudek | The Window of my Studio, vers 1940-1954 | Christie's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Josef Sudek | siesta (a walk in the magic garden) | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Josef Sudek | four photographs:(i) grave of franz kafka(ii, iii) zámecká o | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Josef Sudek | Street Market, vers 1924-1926 | Christie's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Josef Sudek | Summer Shower in the magic garden, vers 1954 | Christie's, Nov 2014 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.