Eileen Agar
Chess Head
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, Lot 22
23. Feb - 9. Mar 2023
First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, Lot 22
23. Feb - 9. Mar 2023
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.340 GBP
Price realised: 11.340 GBP
Description
EILEEN AGAR (1899-1991) Chess Head signed 'AGAR' (lower right); signed twice, titled and dated 'EILEEN AGAR CHESS HEAD 1970 AGAR' (on the turnover edge); signed and dated 'AGAR 1970.' (on the backing board) oil and graphite on canvas 18 x 15in. (45.7 x 38.2cm.) Executed in 1970
Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.
This artwork by Eileen Agar achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March this year. In the First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online auction, the work Chess Head sold for GBP 11,340.00 (€ 12,901.44) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Eileen Agar achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Taking Aim in April this year with an auction result of HKD 176,400.00 (€ 180,138.91).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Eileen Agar erzielte im März diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online wurde die Arbeit Chess Head für GBP 11.340,00 (€ 12.901,44) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Eileen Agar erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Taking Aim im April diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 176.400,00 (€ 180.138,91).
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