George Hitchcock
Tulip Culture
Estimate: 700.000 - 900.000 USD
Price realised: 1.762.500 USD
Price realised: 1.762.500 USD
Description
George Hitchcock1850 - 1913
TULIP CULTURE
signed G. Hitchcock and dated 1889, l.r.
oil on canvas
45 by 65 ¼ in.
(114.3 by 165.7 cm)
Private Collection, England (sold: Rupert Toovey & Co., Sussex, England, 1996) | Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan (acquired at the above sale) | Acquired by the present owners from the above
TULIP CULTURE
signed G. Hitchcock and dated 1889, l.r.
oil on canvas
45 by 65 ¼ in.
(114.3 by 165.7 cm)
Private Collection, England (sold: Rupert Toovey & Co., Sussex, England, 1996) | Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan (acquired at the above sale) | Acquired by the present owners from the above
A top price for George Hitchcock
This artwork by George Hitchcock achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2010. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work Tulip Culture sold for USD 1,762,500.00 (€ 1,424,933.30) - well above the upper estimate of USD 900,000.00. This high result makes Tulip Culture the most expensive artwork by George Hitchcock that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Hitchcock
Dieses Kunstwerk von George Hitchcock erzielte im Mai 2010 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Tulip Culture für USD 1.762.500,00 (€ 1.424.933,30) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 900.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tulip Culture zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Hitchcock, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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