Alan Turner
In a Blue Habit
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
The Collection of Paul F. Walter, Lot 509
21.Sep - 28.Sep.2017
The Collection of Paul F. Walter, Lot 509
21.Sep - 28.Sep.2017
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 5.250 USD
Price realised: 5.250 USD
Description
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'A.T. 88' (lower right)
pastel and graphite on paper
30 x 18 in. (76.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Please note this lot is the property of a private collector
Gay Men's Health Crisis Auction, courtesy of the artist, Jason McCoy, Inc. and Koury Wingate; Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 1988, lot 163 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
pastel and graphite on paper
30 x 18 in. (76.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Please note this lot is the property of a private collector
Gay Men's Health Crisis Auction, courtesy of the artist, Jason McCoy, Inc. and Koury Wingate; Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 1988, lot 163 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
A top price for Alan Turner
The work In a Blue Habit by Alan Turner was worth USD 5,250.00 (€ 4,444.26) to a buyer in September 2017. This price was achieved in the auction The Collection of Paul F. Walter at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 1,200.00 many times over. This high result makes In a Blue Habit the most expensive artwork by Alan Turner that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alan Turner
Die Arbeit In a Blue Habit von Alan Turner war einem Käufer im September 2017 USD 5.250,00 (€ 4.444,26) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Collection of Paul F. Walter bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.200,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht In a Blue Habit zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alan Turner, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Alan Turner - Auction history
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