Andrew Wyeth
Firewood (Study For Groundhog Day)
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 194.500 USD
Price realised: 194.500 USD
Description
Andrew Wyeth1917-2009
FIREWOOD (STUDY FOR GROUNDHOG DAY)
signed Andrew Wyeth, l.r.
drybrush and watercolor on paper
14 by 22 in.
(35.6 by 55.9 cm)
Executed in 1959.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York | Mr. Alexander Laughlin, New York | Coe Kerr Gallery, New York | National Library Fund, St. Louis, Missouri (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 13-14, 1973, lot 42, illustrated) | Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 30, 1984, lot 80, illustrated) | Acquired at the above sal
FIREWOOD (STUDY FOR GROUNDHOG DAY)
signed Andrew Wyeth, l.r.
drybrush and watercolor on paper
14 by 22 in.
(35.6 by 55.9 cm)
Executed in 1959.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York | Mr. Alexander Laughlin, New York | Coe Kerr Gallery, New York | National Library Fund, St. Louis, Missouri (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 13-14, 1973, lot 42, illustrated) | Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 30, 1984, lot 80, illustrated) | Acquired at the above sal
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Firewood (Study For Groundhog Day) by Andrew Wyeth was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2009, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 194,500.00 (€ 137,689.37). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Andrew Wyeth achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Day Dream in November last year with an auction result of USD 23,290,000.00 (€ 22,561,270.95).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Firewood (Study For Groundhog Day) von Andrew Wyeth im Mai 2009 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 194.500,00 (€ 137.689,37) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Andrew Wyeth erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Day Dream im November letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 23.290.000,00 (€ 22.561.270,95).
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