Alma Thomas
Atmospheric Effect No. 6
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 302.400 USD
Price realised: 302.400 USD
Description
Alma Thomas
1891 - 1978
Atmospheric Effect No. 6
signed A. W. Thomas and dated '72 (lower left); signed Alma W Thomas, titled Atmospheric Effect No. 1, dated 72 twice and inscribed 1530 15th St NW (on the verso)
acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper
22¼ by 30½ in.
56.5 by 77.4 cm.
Executed in 1972.
We thank Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D from The Columbus Museum for the information he has kindly provided on this work.
Private Collection, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent to the present owner in 2011
1891 - 1978
Atmospheric Effect No. 6
signed A. W. Thomas and dated '72 (lower left); signed Alma W Thomas, titled Atmospheric Effect No. 1, dated 72 twice and inscribed 1530 15th St NW (on the verso)
acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper
22¼ by 30½ in.
56.5 by 77.4 cm.
Executed in 1972.
We thank Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D from The Columbus Museum for the information he has kindly provided on this work.
Private Collection, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent to the present owner in 2011
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Atmospheric Effect No. 6 by Alma Thomas was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 302,400.00 (€ 267,918.84). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alma Thomas achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A Fantastic Sunset in May this year with an auction result of USD 3,922,000.00 (€ 3,681,246.48).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Atmospheric Effect No. 6 von Alma Thomas im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 302.400,00 (€ 267.918,84) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alma Thomas erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A Fantastic Sunset im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.922.000,00 (€ 3.681.246,48).
Alma Thomas - Auction history
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