Budd Hopkins

City Sun Iii

Found at Sothebys, New York
Contemporary Art | New York, Lot 319
17. Jul - 17. Jul 2020
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Property of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Sold to Benefit the Art Fund
BUDD HOPKINS
1931 - 2011
CITY SUN III
signed, titled and dated twice 13.8.83
oil on canvas in artist's frame
80⅛ by 110¼ in. (203.5 by 280 cm.)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Block in 1985)

A top price for Budd Hopkins

This artwork by Budd Hopkins achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in July 2020. In the Contemporary Art | New York auction, the work City Sun Iii sold for USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,369.97) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. This high result makes City Sun Iii the most expensive artwork by Budd Hopkins that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Budd Hopkins

Dieses Kunstwerk von Budd Hopkins erzielte im Juli 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art | New York wurde die Arbeit City Sun Iii für USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.369,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht City Sun Iii zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Budd Hopkins, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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