Henry Moore
Ideas For Sculpture
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale, Lot 164
14.Mai - 14.Mai.2019
Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale, Lot 164
14.Mai - 14.Mai.2019
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Moore. 37' (lower right)
watercolor, colored wax crayons, inkwash and pen and India ink on paper
11 x 7 ½ in. (28 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1937
Private collection, United States (acquired from the artist). | Private collection, Germany (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1990, lot 167. | R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago (acquired at the above sale). | Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1991.
watercolor, colored wax crayons, inkwash and pen and India ink on paper
11 x 7 ½ in. (28 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1937
Private collection, United States (acquired from the artist). | Private collection, Germany (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1990, lot 167. | R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago (acquired at the above sale). | Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1991.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Henry Moore achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2019. In the Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale auction, the work Ideas For Sculpture sold for USD 37,500.00 (€ 33,635.30) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Henry Moore achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Reclining Figure: Festival in June 2016 with an auction result of GBP 24,722,500.00 (€ 29,675,067.53).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Henry Moore erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale wurde die Arbeit Ideas For Sculpture für USD 37.500,00 (€ 33.635,30) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Henry Moore erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Reclining Figure: Festival im Juni 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 24.722.500,00 (€ 29.675.067,53).
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