Howard Finster
Hell is No Place for Nice People (#2,643), 1983
Estimate: 5.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Description
HOWARD FINSTER (1916-2001)
Hell is No Place for Nice People (#2,643), 1983
signed by Howard Finster/ Man of Visions/ God Bless You all on reverse; numbered at lower left quadrant
enamel and ink on plywood with artist made burned wood frame
19 1⁄2 x 38 in.
Hell is No Place for Nice People (#2,643), 1983
signed by Howard Finster/ Man of Visions/ God Bless You all on reverse; numbered at lower left quadrant
enamel and ink on plywood with artist made burned wood frame
19 1⁄2 x 38 in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Howard Finster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in February last year. In the Outsider Art auction, the work Hell is No Place for Nice People (#2,643), 1983 sold for USD 22,500.00 (€ 20,046.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Howard Finster; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 sold at auction in January 2019 with the realized price of USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,196.26).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Howard Finster erzielte im Februar letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Outsider Art wurde die Arbeit Hell is No Place for Nice People (#2,643), 1983 für USD 22.500,00 (€ 20.046,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Howard Finster; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 im Januar 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.196,26).
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