Françoise Gilot
Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 138.975 USD
Price realised: 138.975 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF DELMER AND MARY LOU DAVES, LOS ANGELES
FRANÇOISE GILOT (B. 1921)
Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers
signed and dated 'F. Gilot. 1954.' (lower left); dated again and inscribed 'Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers To Mary Lawrence' (on the stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
32 x 39 3/8 in (81.3 x 100 cm)
Painted in 1954
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. | Françoise Gilot Collection, Paris and New York. | Riggs Gallery, La Jolla, no. 8232. | Delmer and Mary Lou Daves Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
FRANÇOISE GILOT (B. 1921)
Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers
signed and dated 'F. Gilot. 1954.' (lower left); dated again and inscribed 'Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers To Mary Lawrence' (on the stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
32 x 39 3/8 in (81.3 x 100 cm)
Painted in 1954
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. | Françoise Gilot Collection, Paris and New York. | Riggs Gallery, La Jolla, no. 8232. | Delmer and Mary Lou Daves Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers by Françoise Gilot was auctioned at Bonhams in May this year. It achieved a price of USD 138,975.00 (€ 130,443.96), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. Admittedly, works by Françoise Gilot have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Living Forest in December 2021 with an auction result of HKD 9,850,000.00 (€ 1,115,718.32).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Tulips and Ballerina's Slippers von Françoise Gilot kam im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 138.975,00 (€ 130.443,96) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Françoise Gilot auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Living Forest im Dezember 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 9.850.000,00 (€ 1.115.718,32).
Françoise Gilot - Auction history
