George L.K. Morris
Floor-Show
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 64.000 USD
Price realised: 64.000 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES REIDY
George L.K. Morris (1905-1975)
Floor-Show
signed 'Morris' (lower right) and signed again, inscribed with title and dated '1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (76.8 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
The Downtown Gallery, Inc., New York, (probably) consigned from the artist, by February 1948. | Sally Ellen (née Hallberg) Fairweather (1917-2006), Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, acquired from the above, January 29, 1949. | Barbara Gray (née Tennant) Reidy Jaicks (1918-1999), Northfield, Illinois, (probably) acquired from the above, by 1950. | By descent from the above to the late owner, son of the above, 1999.
George L.K. Morris (1905-1975)
Floor-Show
signed 'Morris' (lower right) and signed again, inscribed with title and dated '1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (76.8 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
The Downtown Gallery, Inc., New York, (probably) consigned from the artist, by February 1948. | Sally Ellen (née Hallberg) Fairweather (1917-2006), Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, acquired from the above, January 29, 1949. | Barbara Gray (née Tennant) Reidy Jaicks (1918-1999), Northfield, Illinois, (probably) acquired from the above, by 1950. | By descent from the above to the late owner, son of the above, 1999.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by George L. K. Morris achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in Paris in May this year. In the American Art auction, the work Floor-Show sold for USD 64,000.00 (€ 60,071.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by George L. K. Morris; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Intrusion sold at auction in November 2006 with the realized price of USD 144,000.00 (€ 108,589.10).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von George L. K. Morris erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Floor-Show für USD 64.000,00 (€ 60.071,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von George L. K. Morris; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Intrusion im November 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 144.000,00 (€ 108.589,10).
George L. K. Morris - Auction history
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