George Gershwin
Portrait of a Man
Found at
Bonhams,
Los Angeles
The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer, Lot 69
9. Mar - 9. Mar 2022
The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer, Lot 69
9. Mar - 9. Mar 2022
Estimate: 1.000 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 3.825 USD
Price realised: 3.825 USD
Description
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Portrait of a Man
with an affixed signature 'George Gershwin' (lower center)
pencil on paper
5 1/2 x 4 in (14 x 10.2 cm)
Ira Gershwin Collection, Beverly Hills. | Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer Collection, Beverly Hills. | Thence by descent to the present owners.
Portrait of a Man
with an affixed signature 'George Gershwin' (lower center)
pencil on paper
5 1/2 x 4 in (14 x 10.2 cm)
Ira Gershwin Collection, Beverly Hills. | Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer Collection, Beverly Hills. | Thence by descent to the present owners.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.
This artwork by George Gershwin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in Los Angeles in March last year. In the The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer auction, the work Portrait of a Man sold for USD 3,825.00 (€ 3,448.12) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by George Gershwin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Self-Portrait, which sold at auction in May 2019 for USD 11,250.00 (€ 10,090.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von George Gershwin erzielte im März letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in Los Angeles einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer wurde die Arbeit Portrait of a Man für USD 3.825,00 (€ 3.448,12) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von George Gershwin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Self-Portrait beobachtet, die im Mai 2019 für USD 11.250,00 (€ 10.090,59) versteigert wurde.
George Gershwin - Auction history
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