Howard Finster
Angel
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1119
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1119
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Estimate: 500 - 1.000 USD
Price realised: 6.048 USD
Price realised: 6.048 USD
Description
THIS LOT IS BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
HOWARD FINSTER
1916 - 2001
ANGEL
signed, dated 5:15 PM Dec-4-1989 and inscribed TO CHIEF HARING HELP PUT UP THE 14-FOOT BOTTLE IN HOWARDS GARDEN on the reverse
acrylic on wood
10¼ by 5¾ in. (26 by 14.6 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist in 1989) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
HOWARD FINSTER
1916 - 2001
ANGEL
signed, dated 5:15 PM Dec-4-1989 and inscribed TO CHIEF HARING HELP PUT UP THE 14-FOOT BOTTLE IN HOWARDS GARDEN on the reverse
acrylic on wood
10¼ by 5¾ in. (26 by 14.6 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist in 1989) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Angel by Howard Finster was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at USD 6,048.00 (€ 5,192.75). Admittedly, works by Howard Finster have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 in January 2019 with an auction result of USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,196.26).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Angel von Howard Finster im Oktober 2020 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 1.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 6.048,00 (€ 5.192,75) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Howard Finster auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 im Januar 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.196,26).
Howard Finster - Auction history
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