Helen Torr

Imagined

Found at Christies, New York
American Art, Lot 1
17. May - 17. May 2022

Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 239.400 USD

Description

HELEN TORR (1886-1967)
Imagined
bears artist estate stamp (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
26 1⁄4 x 20 1⁄4 in. (66.7 x 51.4 cm.)
Painted in 1931.

A top price for Helen Torr

This artwork by Helen Torr achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the American Art auction, the work Imagined sold for USD 239,400.00 (€ 223,091.98) - well above the upper estimate of USD 100,000.00. This high result makes Imagined the most expensive artwork by Helen Torr that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Helen Torr

Dieses Kunstwerk von Helen Torr erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Imagined für USD 239.400,00 (€ 223.091,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Imagined zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Helen Torr, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Helen Torr - Auction history

239.400 USD

2022

Imagined

May 2022

Christies, New York

11.875 USD

2012

White Plant

Apr 2012

Sothebys, New York

31.250 USD

2009

Dead Leaves And Letter (1819)

Dec 2009

Sothebys, New York

35.000 USD

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Dec 2008

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