Gerald Laing
Beach Wear
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.565.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.565.000 GBP
Description
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'GERALD LAING NYC 1964 "BEACH WEAR"' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on canvas
96 1/8 x 47 5/8in. (244 x 121.5cm.)
Painted in 1964
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964.
oil and pencil on canvas
96 1/8 x 47 5/8in. (244 x 121.5cm.)
Painted in 1964
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964.
A top price for Gerald Laing
The work Beach Wear by Gerald Laing was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2016. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 1,500,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 1,565,000.00 (€ 1,743,457.40). With this result, Beach Wear is even the most expensive work of art by Gerald Laing that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gerald Laing
Die Arbeit Beach Wear von Gerald Laing kam im Oktober 2016 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 1.565.000,00 (€ 1.743.457,40) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Beach Wear sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Gerald Laing, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gerald Laing - Auction history
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