Charles Sheeler
White Sentinels
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 401
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 401
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 2.232.500 USD
Price realised: 2.232.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Charles Sheeler - 1942.' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
tempera on board
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted in 1942.
The Downtown Gallery, New York. | Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loeb, New York, by 1946. | The Edith Gregor Halpert Collection, New York. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture: The Edith Gregor Halpert Collection (The Downtown Gallery), 14 March 1973, lot 24, sold by the above. | Acquired by the late owners from the above.
tempera on board
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted in 1942.
The Downtown Gallery, New York. | Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loeb, New York, by 1946. | The Edith Gregor Halpert Collection, New York. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture: The Edith Gregor Halpert Collection (The Downtown Gallery), 14 March 1973, lot 24, sold by the above. | Acquired by the late owners from the above.
A top price for Charles Sheeler
The work White Sentinels by Charles Sheeler was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2018. It achieved a price of USD 2,232,500.00 (€ 1,913,024.85), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 49%. With this result, White Sentinels is even the most expensive work of art by Charles Sheeler that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Sheeler
Die Arbeit White Sentinels von Charles Sheeler kam im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 2.232.500,00 (€ 1.913.024,85) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 49%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist White Sentinels sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charles Sheeler, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Charles Sheeler - Auction history
