Frank Earle Schoonover
"As the Canoe Swept By..."
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 293.000 USD
Price realised: 293.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Frank E Schoonover--/1950' (lower right)--dated again 'April 1950' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 46 in. (71.1 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
The artist. | Mr. and Mrs. William Stanier, commissioned from the above, 1950. | Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Leech, by descent. | Alma Leech, by descent. | Darryl Leech, Atlanta, Georgia, by descent. | [With]Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, Delaware. | Private collection, 2005. | Bonhams, San Francisco, California, 11 December 2012, lot 203. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
oil on canvas
28 x 46 in. (71.1 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
The artist. | Mr. and Mrs. William Stanier, commissioned from the above, 1950. | Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Leech, by descent. | Alma Leech, by descent. | Darryl Leech, Atlanta, Georgia, by descent. | [With]Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, Delaware. | Private collection, 2005. | Bonhams, San Francisco, California, 11 December 2012, lot 203. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 95 %.
This artwork by Frank Earle Schoonover achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2016. In the American Art auction, the work "As the Canoe Swept By..." sold for USD 293,000.00 (€ 263,134.26) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Frank Earle Schoonover; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot As the Canoe Swept By sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of USD 441,000.00 (€ 410,958.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 95 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frank Earle Schoonover erzielte im Mai 2016 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit "As the Canoe Swept By..." für USD 293.000,00 (€ 263.134,26) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Frank Earle Schoonover; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit As the Canoe Swept By im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 441.000,00 (€ 410.958,90).
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