George Segal
The Gray Door
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Europe
George Segal
1924 - 2000
The Gray Door
plaster and wood
41¼ by 26¼ by 15 in.
105 by 67 by 38 cm.
Executed in 1975.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York | Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1977) | Sotheby's New York, 17 May 2001, lot 127 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
George Segal
1924 - 2000
The Gray Door
plaster and wood
41¼ by 26¼ by 15 in.
105 by 67 by 38 cm.
Executed in 1975.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York | Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1977) | Sotheby's New York, 17 May 2001, lot 127 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Gray Door by George Segal was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 80,000.00 – 120,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 75,600.00 (€ 68,151.09). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by George Segal achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Dancers in May 2014 with an auction result of USD 1,025,000.00 (€ 751,466.28).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Gray Door von George Segal im März letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 75.600,00 (€ 68.151,09) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von George Segal erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Dancers im Mai 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.025.000,00 (€ 751.466,28).
George Segal - Auction history
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