Clyde Hopkins
Dippy Hippie Shit (Potatoes in Space)
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 2.805 GBP
Price realised: 2.805 GBP
Description
Dippy Hippie Shit (Potatoes in Space)
signed twice, titled, dated and inscribed 'Clyde Hopkins 2014/15/CLYDE HOPKINS/DIPPY HIPPIE SHIT/(POTATOES IN SPACE)' (on canvas verso); further signed and variously inscribed 'Clyde Hopkins' (on canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
30 x 25cm (11 13/16 x 9 13/16in).
(unframed)
together with two further oil paintings, 32-20 Blues and Amusette #7 Tourist Bead Painting, by the same hand
signed twice, titled, dated and inscribed 'Clyde Hopkins 2014/15/CLYDE HOPKINS/DIPPY HIPPIE SHIT/(POTATOES IN SPACE)' (on canvas verso); further signed and variously inscribed 'Clyde Hopkins' (on canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
30 x 25cm (11 13/16 x 9 13/16in).
(unframed)
together with two further oil paintings, 32-20 Blues and Amusette #7 Tourist Bead Painting, by the same hand
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Dippy Hippie Shit (Potatoes in Space) by Clyde Hopkins was auctioned at Bonhams in London in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 700.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 2,805.00 (€ 3,133.43). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Clyde Hopkins - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Mon Oncle, which sold at auction in June 2007 for GBP 5,760.00 (€ 8,547.55).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Dippy Hippie Shit (Potatoes in Space) von Clyde Hopkins im Dezember 2020 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 700,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.805,00 (€ 3.133,43) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Clyde Hopkins mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Mon Oncle beobachtet, die im Juni 2007 für GBP 5.760,00 (€ 8.547,55) versteigert wurde.
Clyde Hopkins - Auction history
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