Hedda Sterne
New York VIII
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 504.000 USD
Price realised: 504.000 USD
Description
Revolutionary Gestures: Works from a Private Southampton Collection
Hedda Sterne
1910 - 2011
New York VIII
signed Hedda Sterne (lower left)
oil and spray paint on canvas
38¾ by 20⅞ in.
98.4 by 53 cm.
Executed in 1955.
The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton (gift of the artist) | Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owner
Hedda Sterne
1910 - 2011
New York VIII
signed Hedda Sterne (lower left)
oil and spray paint on canvas
38¾ by 20⅞ in.
98.4 by 53 cm.
Executed in 1955.
The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton (gift of the artist) | Acquired from the above in 2008 by the present owner
A top price for Hedda Sterne
When the work New York VIII by Hedda Sterne was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 504,000.00 (€ 469,667.32). This high result makes New York VIII the most expensive artwork by Hedda Sterne that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hedda Sterne
Als die Arbeit New York VIII von Hedda Sterne im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 504.000,00 (€ 469.667,32) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht New York VIII zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hedda Sterne, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Hedda Sterne - Auction history
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