Charles Alston
Troubadour
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 189.000 USD
Price realised: 189.000 USD
Description
CHARLES ALSTON (1907-1977)
Troubadour
signed 'Alston' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1955.
Troubadour
signed 'Alston' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1955.
A top price for Charles Alston
This artwork by Charles Alston achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Troubadour sold for USD 189,000.00 (€ 176,125.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 80,000.00. This high result makes Troubadour the most expensive artwork by Charles Alston that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Alston
Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles Alston erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Troubadour für USD 189.000,00 (€ 176.125,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Troubadour zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Charles Alston, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Charles Alston - Auction history
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