Gene Davis
Legato In Red
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Description
Gene Davis
1920 - 1985
LEGATO IN RED
signed, titled and dated 1964 on the overlap
acrylic on canvas
108 by 221 in. 274.3 by 561.3 cm.
Poindexter Gallery, New York | Estate of Gene Baro, Bennington, Vermont | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984
1920 - 1985
LEGATO IN RED
signed, titled and dated 1964 on the overlap
acrylic on canvas
108 by 221 in. 274.3 by 561.3 cm.
Poindexter Gallery, New York | Estate of Gene Baro, Bennington, Vermont | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984
A top price for Gene Davis
When the work Legato In Red by Gene Davis was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 187,500.00 (€ 171,939.48). This high result makes Legato In Red the most expensive artwork by Gene Davis that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gene Davis
Als die Arbeit Legato In Red von Gene Davis im September 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 187.500,00 (€ 171.939,48) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Legato In Red zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gene Davis, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gene Davis - Auction history
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