Esphyr Slobodkina

Ancient Sea Song

Found at Christies, New York
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale, Lot 537
14.Nov - 14.Nov.2018
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 62.500 USD
signed 'Esphyr Slobodkina' (lower right)
oil on masonite
35 x 43 in. (88.9 x 109.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
The artist. | The Owl Gallery, Woodmere, New York. | [With]Washburn Gallery, New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1978.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Esphyr Slobodkina achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale auction, the work Ancient Sea Song sold for USD 62,500.00 (€ 55,197.39) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Esphyr Slobodkina; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Toys in the Attic sold at auction in July last year with the realized price of USD 69,300.00 (€ 67,927.86).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Esphyr Slobodkina erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Ancient Sea Song für USD 62.500,00 (€ 55.197,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Esphyr Slobodkina; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Toys in the Attic im Juli letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 69.300,00 (€ 67.927,86).

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