David Rankin
Ridge-Mungo
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 563
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 563
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 AUD
Price realised: 23.500 AUD
Price realised: 23.500 AUD
Description
DAVID RANKIN (b. 1946)
Ridge-Mungo
signed and dated 'Rankin/85' (lower right); signed and inscribed with title 'Ridge-Mungo Rankin' (on stretcher bar); titled on gallery label (affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
136 x 212.5 cm
Ridge-Mungo
signed and dated 'Rankin/85' (lower right); signed and inscribed with title 'Ridge-Mungo Rankin' (on stretcher bar); titled on gallery label (affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
136 x 212.5 cm
A top price for David Rankin
This artwork by David Rankin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Sydney in August 2003. In the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction, the work Ridge-Mungo sold for AUD 23,500.00 (€ 13,882.67) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 8,000.00. This high result makes Ridge-Mungo the most expensive artwork by David Rankin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für David Rankin
Dieses Kunstwerk von David Rankin erzielte im August 2003 bei Christies in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS wurde die Arbeit Ridge-Mungo für AUD 23.500,00 (€ 13.882,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Ridge-Mungo zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von David Rankin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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