Gourlay Steell, R.S.A.
The Master's Best Friend
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Gourlay Steell. R.S.A./1863' (lower right)
oil on canvas
54 x 64 in. (137.16 x 162.56 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1997, lot 98. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil on canvas
54 x 64 in. (137.16 x 162.56 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1997, lot 98. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Gourlay Steell
The work The Master's Best Friend by Gourlay Steell was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2015. Here, the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 52,500.00 (€ 47,545.73). With this result, The Master's Best Friend is even the most expensive work of art by Gourlay Steell that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gourlay Steell
Die Arbeit The Master's Best Friend von Gourlay Steell kam im Oktober 2015 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 52.500,00 (€ 47.545,73) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Master's Best Friend sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Gourlay Steell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gourlay Steell - Auction history
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