Doris Caesar
Weeping Woman
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 10.710 USD
Price realised: 10.710 USD
Description
Doris Caesar
1892 - 1971
Weeping Woman
signed Caesar (on the base)
bronze
17 by 2¾ by 2¾ in.
43.2 by 7 by 7 cm.
Executed circa 1955.
Collection of Rufus and Leslie Stillman, Litchfield (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner
1892 - 1971
Weeping Woman
signed Caesar (on the base)
bronze
17 by 2¾ by 2¾ in.
43.2 by 7 by 7 cm.
Executed circa 1955.
Collection of Rufus and Leslie Stillman, Litchfield (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Weeping Woman by Doris Caesar was worth USD 10,710.00 (€ 9,462.80) to a buyer in December 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art | New York at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 3,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Doris Caesar; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Standing Nude sold at auction in September 2005 with the realized price of USD 19,200.00 (€ 15,923.04).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Weeping Woman von Doris Caesar war einem Käufer im Dezember 2021 USD 10.710,00 (€ 9.462,80) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art | New York bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Doris Caesar; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Standing Nude im September 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 19.200,00 (€ 15.923,04).
Doris Caesar - Auction history
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