Charles Demuth
Fruit and Flower
Found at
Christies,
New York
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 31 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 31 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 444.500 USD
Price realised: 444.500 USD
Description
watercolor and pencil on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1925.
The artist. | Mrs. Augusta W.B. Demuth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, mother of the above. | Robert E. Locher, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by descent. | Estate of the above. | Richard C. Weyand, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by descent. | Estate of the above. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 16 October 1957, lot 56, sold by the above (as Fruit and Flower Group). | The Downtown Gallery, New York, acquired from the above. | Mrs. Suydam Cutting, New York. | Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1925.
The artist. | Mrs. Augusta W.B. Demuth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, mother of the above. | Robert E. Locher, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by descent. | Estate of the above. | Richard C. Weyand, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by descent. | Estate of the above. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 16 October 1957, lot 56, sold by the above (as Fruit and Flower Group). | The Downtown Gallery, New York, acquired from the above. | Mrs. Suydam Cutting, New York. | Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 78 %.
This artwork by Charles Demuth achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale auction, the work Fruit and Flower sold for USD 444,500.00 (€ 392,563.81) - well above the upper estimate of USD 250,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles Demuth - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work In The Key Of Blue, which sold at auction in December 2013 for USD 1,685,000.00 (€ 1,222,875.39).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 78 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles Demuth erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Fruit and Flower für USD 444.500,00 (€ 392.563,81) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 250.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles Demuth mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit In The Key Of Blue beobachtet, die im Dezember 2013 für USD 1.685.000,00 (€ 1.222.875,39) versteigert wurde.
Charles Demuth - Auction history
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