George Brecht
A Deathday Present for Joseph Cornell
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Description
signed and titled 'a deathday present for Joseph Cornell. George Brecht' (on the pipe); signed, inscribed and dedicated 'for Nicola Incisetto, personally, (to keep J. Cornell in mind) George Brecht' (on the reverse)
painted pipe, glass ampoules, ceramic, found cube and coloured glass in display case
10¼ x 15⅜ x 2⅜in. (26 x 39 x 6cm.)
Executed circa 1967
Framart Gallery, Naples. | Nicola Incisetto Collection, Naples (acquired from the above in 1976). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
painted pipe, glass ampoules, ceramic, found cube and coloured glass in display case
10¼ x 15⅜ x 2⅜in. (26 x 39 x 6cm.)
Executed circa 1967
Framart Gallery, Naples. | Nicola Incisetto Collection, Naples (acquired from the above in 1976). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A Deathday Present for Joseph Cornell by George Brecht was auctioned at Christies in London in April 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 11,875.00 (€ 13,814.06). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by George Brecht; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Exhibit 47, From Book of the Tumbler on Fire sold at auction in October 2016 with the realized price of GBP 15,000.00 (€ 16,710.45).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A Deathday Present for Joseph Cornell von George Brecht im April 2019 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 11.875,00 (€ 13.814,06) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von George Brecht; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Exhibit 47, From Book of the Tumbler on Fire im Oktober 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 15.000,00 (€ 16.710,45).
George Brecht - Auction history
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