David Smith
Untitled (Virgin Island Landscape with Brown Shell)
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Description
David Smith
1906 - 1965
Untitled (Virgin Island Landscape with Brown Shell)
signed David Smith and dated 1933 (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ by 35½ in.
64.8 by 90.2 cm.
Executed in 1933.
Estate of the artist | Washburn Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) | AT&T Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1987) | Acquired from the above in 2017 by the present owner
1906 - 1965
Untitled (Virgin Island Landscape with Brown Shell)
signed David Smith and dated 1933 (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ by 35½ in.
64.8 by 90.2 cm.
Executed in 1933.
Estate of the artist | Washburn Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) | AT&T Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1987) | Acquired from the above in 2017 by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by David Smith achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Modern Day Auction auction, the work Untitled (Virgin Island Landscape with Brown Shell) sold for USD 352,800.00 (€ 328,767.12) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Smith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Zig I in May 2016 with an auction result of USD 9,210,000.00 (€ 8,271,216.88).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von David Smith erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Virgin Island Landscape with Brown Shell) für USD 352.800,00 (€ 328.767,12) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Smith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Zig I im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.210.000,00 (€ 8.271.216,88).
David Smith - Auction history
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