Gwyther Irwin
Drop Out
Found at
Sothebys,
Amsterdam
The BAT Artventure Collection Formerly Known as the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, Lot 73
19. Apr - 19. Apr 2011
The BAT Artventure Collection Formerly Known as the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two, Lot 73
19. Apr - 19. Apr 2011
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 EUR
Price realised: 36.750 EUR
Price realised: 36.750 EUR
Description
Gwyther Irwin
1931-2008
DROP OUT
signed and titled on the reverse
carved wood relief
122 by 152 by 10 cm.
Executed circa 1967.
Gimpel Fils, London | Acquired from the above in 1967
1931-2008
DROP OUT
signed and titled on the reverse
carved wood relief
122 by 152 by 10 cm.
Executed circa 1967.
Gimpel Fils, London | Acquired from the above in 1967
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Drop Out by Gwyther Irwin was worth EUR 36,750.00 to a buyer in April 2011. This price was achieved in the auction The BAT Artventure Collection Formerly Known as the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two at Sothebys in Amsterdam and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 7,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Gwyther Irwin; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot West Of Thornton sold at auction in July 2007 with the realized price of GBP 45,600.00 (€ 67,726.53).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Drop Out von Gwyther Irwin war einem Käufer im April 2011 EUR 36.750,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The BAT Artventure Collection Formerly Known as the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Part Two bei Sothebys in Amsterdam erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 7.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Gwyther Irwin; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit West Of Thornton im Juli 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 45.600,00 (€ 67.726,53).
Gwyther Irwin - Auction history
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