Howard Finster
Howard Walks With the Angels in His Garden, #3,050, 1983
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Description
signed and dated by Howard Finster...12:12: Past Midnight Sept 22: 1983; signed again on reverse
enamel on board with original burned wood frame
39 ½ x 48 in. including artist made frame
enamel on board with original burned wood frame
39 ½ x 48 in. including artist made frame
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Howard Finster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2019. In the Outsider and Vernacular Art auction, the work Howard Walks With the Angels in His Garden, #3,050, 1983 sold for USD 20,000.00 (€ 17,461.15) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Howard Finster - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988, which sold at auction in January 2019 for USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,196.26).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Howard Finster erzielte im Januar 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Outsider and Vernacular Art wurde die Arbeit Howard Walks With the Angels in His Garden, #3,050, 1983 für USD 20.000,00 (€ 17.461,15) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Howard Finster mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Traveling Show: Presentation Piece Detailing the Life of Howard Finster, 1988 beobachtet, die im Januar 2019 für USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.196,26) versteigert wurde.
Howard Finster - Auction history
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