George Gershwin

Sketch For Porgy And Bess

Found at Christies, New York
Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale, Lot 252
14.Mai - 14.Mai.2019
Estimate: 600 - 800 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
signed 'George Gershwin' (on the artist's label; lower right)
pencil on music paper
12 ½ x 10 1/8 in. (32 x 25.7 cm.)
Ira Gershwin, Beverly Hills. | Norman Granz, Geneva (gift from the above, December 1959). | By descent from the above to the present owner.

Artwork auctioned at 12 times the upper estimate price

When the work Sketch For Porgy And Bess by George Gershwin was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 12 times as high at USD 10,000.00 (€ 8,969.41). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by George Gershwin; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Self-Portrait sold at auction in May 2019 with the realized price of USD 11,250.00 (€ 10,090.59).

Kunstwerk zum Zwölffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Sketch For Porgy And Bess von George Gershwin im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 10.000,00 (€ 8.969,41) mehr als zwölfmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von George Gershwin; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Self-Portrait im Mai 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 11.250,00 (€ 10.090,59).

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