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Horace Pippin
Holy Mountain, I
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.255.000 USD
Price realised: 3.255.000 USD
Description
Horace Pippin
1888 - 1946
HOLY MOUNTAIN, I
signed H. Pippin. and dated June 6./1944. (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/2 by 36 inches
(77.5 by 91.4 cm)
The Downtown Gallery, New York | The Encyclopædia Britannica Collection, Chicago, Illinois, by 1945 | The Downtown Gallery, New York | Mrs. Galen Van Meter, Southport, Connecticut, by 1966 | [With]Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York | Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 339) | Private collection (acquired at the above sale) | Acquired by the present owner from the above
1888 - 1946
HOLY MOUNTAIN, I
signed H. Pippin. and dated June 6./1944. (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/2 by 36 inches
(77.5 by 91.4 cm)
The Downtown Gallery, New York | The Encyclopædia Britannica Collection, Chicago, Illinois, by 1945 | The Downtown Gallery, New York | Mrs. Galen Van Meter, Southport, Connecticut, by 1966 | [With]Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York | Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 339) | Private collection (acquired at the above sale) | Acquired by the present owner from the above
A top price for Horace Pippin
This artwork by Horace Pippin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2018. In the American Art auction, the work Holy Mountain, I sold for USD 3,255,000.00 (€ 2,874,679.86) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500,000.00. This high result makes Holy Mountain, I the most expensive artwork by Horace Pippin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Horace Pippin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Horace Pippin erzielte im November 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Holy Mountain, I für USD 3.255.000,00 (€ 2.874.679,86) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Holy Mountain, I zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Horace Pippin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.