Barry Le Va
Study (Ends Touch, Ends Cut: Walked Zig-Zag, End Over End)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York (Online Auction)
Contemporary Art Online | New York, Lot 507
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2019
Contemporary Art Online | New York, Lot 507
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2019
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Description
An Instinctive Eye: Property from A Distinguished Collector
BARRY LE VA
b.1941
STUDY (ENDS TOUCH, ENDS CUT: WALKED ZIG-ZAG, END OVER END)
signed, titled and dated 1973
ink and colored pencil on paper
Sheet: 36¼ by 48¼ in. (92 by 122.5 cm.)
Framed: 39½ by 51½ in. (100.4 by 130.8 cm.)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
BARRY LE VA
b.1941
STUDY (ENDS TOUCH, ENDS CUT: WALKED ZIG-ZAG, END OVER END)
signed, titled and dated 1973
ink and colored pencil on paper
Sheet: 36¼ by 48¼ in. (92 by 122.5 cm.)
Framed: 39½ by 51½ in. (100.4 by 130.8 cm.)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Study (Ends Touch, Ends Cut: Walked Zig-Zag, End Over End) by Barry Le Va was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2019. It changed hands for a price of USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,723.44) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Barry Le Va - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Three works: (i) Double Drawing; (ii) Untitled (feld & glas); (iii) Sheets to Strips to Particles, which sold at auction in February 2019 for USD 22,500.00 (€ 19,773.27).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Study (Ends Touch, Ends Cut: Walked Zig-Zag, End Over End) von Barry Le Va kam im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.723,44) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Barry Le Va mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Three works: (i) Double Drawing; (ii) Untitled (feld & glas); (iii) Sheets to Strips to Particles beobachtet, die im Februar 2019 für USD 22.500,00 (€ 19.773,27) versteigert wurde.
Barry Le Va - Auction history
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