Frank George Hodgkinson
Kakadu, Last of the Wet
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 756
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 756
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 600 - 1.000 AUD
Price realised: 7.050 AUD
Price realised: 7.050 AUD
Description
FRANK GEORGE HODGKINSON (1919-2001)
Kakadu, Last of the Wet
signed and dated 'Frank Hodgkinson 89' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed with title 'KAKADU, LAST OF THE WET/Frank Hodgkinson' (on the reverse)
watercolour and gouache
54.5 x 74 cm
Kakadu, Last of the Wet
signed and dated 'Frank Hodgkinson 89' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed with title 'KAKADU, LAST OF THE WET/Frank Hodgkinson' (on the reverse)
watercolour and gouache
54.5 x 74 cm
A top price for Frank Hodgkinson
When the work Kakadu, Last of the Wet by Frank Hodgkinson was auctioned at Christies in Sydney in August 2003, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - AUD 1,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at AUD 7,050.00 (€ 4,164.80). This high result makes Kakadu, Last of the Wet the most expensive artwork by Frank Hodgkinson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Frank Hodgkinson
Als die Arbeit Kakadu, Last of the Wet von Frank Hodgkinson im August 2003 bei Christies in Sydney versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – AUD 1.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit AUD 7.050,00 (€ 4.164,80) mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Kakadu, Last of the Wet zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Frank Hodgkinson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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