Arshile Gorky
Study for Agony
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 727
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2017
Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 727
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2017
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Description
signed by the artist's widow Agnes Gorky Fielding 'A. Gorky' (lower right)
graphite and wax crayon on paper
12 ½ x 19 in. (31.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1946-1947.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York | Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit | Steingrim Laursen, Copenhagen, by 1981 | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek | Private collection | By descent from the above to the present owner
graphite and wax crayon on paper
12 ½ x 19 in. (31.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1946-1947.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York | Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit | Steingrim Laursen, Copenhagen, by 1981 | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek | Private collection | By descent from the above to the present owner
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Study for Agony by Arshile Gorky was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session auction at Christies in New York in November 2017. The result of USD 200,000.00 (€ 168,095.48) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Arshile Gorky achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Charred Beloved I in November this year with an auction result of USD 23,410,000.00 (€ 21,461,312.80).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Study for Agony von Arshile Gorky wurde im November 2017 in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 200.000,00 (€ 168.095,48) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Arshile Gorky erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Charred Beloved I im November diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 23.410.000,00 (€ 21.461.312,80).
Arshile Gorky - Auction history
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