Barbara Hepworth
Sculpture with Colour (Eos)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 4 C
12. May - 12. May 2016
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 4 C
12. May - 12. May 2016
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 USD
Price realised: 5.429.000 USD
Price realised: 5.429.000 USD
Description
hopton wood stone with grey and blue paint
Height (excluding base): 23 ¼ in. (59.1 cm.)
Carved and painted in 1946
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1 November 1962.
Height (excluding base): 23 ¼ in. (59.1 cm.)
Carved and painted in 1946
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1 November 1962.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Sculpture with Colour (Eos) by Barbara Hepworth was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,800,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 5,429,000.00 (€ 4,875,617.42). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Barbara Hepworth - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Family of Man: Ancestor II, which sold at auction in November this year for USD 11,565,000.00 (€ 10,602,310.23).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Sculpture with Colour (Eos) von Barbara Hepworth im Mai 2016 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.800.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 5.429.000,00 (€ 4.875.617,42) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Barbara Hepworth mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Family of Man: Ancestor II beobachtet, die im November diesen Jahres für USD 11.565.000,00 (€ 10.602.310,23) versteigert wurde.
Barbara Hepworth - Auction history
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