Francis Criss
Melancholy Interlude
Found at
Christies,
New York
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 10 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 10 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 348.500 USD
Price realised: 348.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Francis Criss-39' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 ¼ x 30 in. (64.1 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, by 1945. | Senator William Benton, Southport, Connecticut, by 1963. | Estate of the above, 1973. | Charles and Marjorie Benton, Chicago, Illinois. | Jan G. Anderson Associates, New York. | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1985. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1985.
oil on canvas
25 ¼ x 30 in. (64.1 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, by 1945. | Senator William Benton, Southport, Connecticut, by 1963. | Estate of the above, 1973. | Charles and Marjorie Benton, Chicago, Illinois. | Jan G. Anderson Associates, New York. | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1985. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1985.
A top price for Francis Criss
This artwork by Francis Criss achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale auction, the work Melancholy Interlude sold for USD 348,500.00 (€ 307,780.62) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Melancholy Interlude the most expensive artwork by Francis Criss that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Francis Criss
Dieses Kunstwerk von Francis Criss erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Melancholy Interlude für USD 348.500,00 (€ 307.780,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Melancholy Interlude zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Francis Criss, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Francis Criss - Auction history
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