Frank (Franz) Hans Johnston
Scene From Acton Island
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 CAD
Price realised: 129.000 CAD
Price realised: 129.000 CAD
Description
Frank (Franz) Hans Johnston1888 - 1949
SCENE FROM ACTON ISLAND
signed and dated '26 lower left; inscribed For Architects Exhibit, Painted by Franz Johnston, ARCA OSA #474 Yonge St. on the reverse
oil on panel
37 by 168 cm.
14 5/8 by 66 in.
Private Collection, Tweed, Ontario (by descent to the present owner)
SCENE FROM ACTON ISLAND
signed and dated '26 lower left; inscribed For Architects Exhibit, Painted by Franz Johnston, ARCA OSA #474 Yonge St. on the reverse
oil on panel
37 by 168 cm.
14 5/8 by 66 in.
Private Collection, Tweed, Ontario (by descent to the present owner)
A top price for Frank Hans Johnston
This artwork by Frank Hans Johnston achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Toronto in November 2012. In the Important Canadian Art auction, the work Scene From Acton Island sold for CAD 129,000.00 (€ 99,838.66) - well above the upper estimate of CAD 60,000.00. This high result makes Scene From Acton Island the most expensive artwork by Frank Hans Johnston that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Frank Hans Johnston
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frank Hans Johnston erzielte im November 2012 bei Sothebys in Toronto einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Canadian Art wurde die Arbeit Scene From Acton Island für CAD 129.000,00 (€ 99.838,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von CAD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Scene From Acton Island zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Frank Hans Johnston, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Frank Hans Johnston - Auction history
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