Bernard Cohen
March 1962
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Bernard Cohen 1962' (lower left)
ink
21 ¾ x 29 ¾ in. (55.2 x 75.5 cm.)
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
ink
21 ¾ x 29 ¾ in. (55.2 x 75.5 cm.)
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Bernard Cohen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2017. In the Modern/British Art Online auction, the work March 1962 sold for GBP 3,500.00 (€ 3,973.02) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. Admittedly, works by Bernard Cohen have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Grey Place in June 2017 with an auction result of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 37,011.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Bernard Cohen erzielte im November 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern/British Art Online wurde die Arbeit March 1962 für GBP 3.500,00 (€ 3.973,02) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Bernard Cohen auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Grey Place im Juni 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 37.011,44).
Bernard Cohen - Auction history
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