Howard Mehring
Brilliant Corners
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Description
Howard Mehring
1931 - 1978
BRILLIANT CORNERS
signed, titled twice and dated 1965 three times on the stretcher
acrylic on canvas
83 7/8 by 69 7/8 in. 213 by 177.5 cm.
A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York | Mr. & Mrs. Albert and Vera List, Greenwich | Gift of the above to the present owner circa 1980
1931 - 1978
BRILLIANT CORNERS
signed, titled twice and dated 1965 three times on the stretcher
acrylic on canvas
83 7/8 by 69 7/8 in. 213 by 177.5 cm.
A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York | Mr. & Mrs. Albert and Vera List, Greenwich | Gift of the above to the present owner circa 1980
Upper estimate price exceeded by 98 %.
This artwork by Howard Mehring achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2018. In the Contemporary Curated auction, the work Brilliant Corners sold for USD 23,750.00 (€ 19,277.60) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Howard Mehring - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Solar, which sold at auction in March 2016 for USD 52,500.00 (€ 46,093.06).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 98 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Howard Mehring erzielte im März 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Curated wurde die Arbeit Brilliant Corners für USD 23.750,00 (€ 19.277,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Howard Mehring mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Solar beobachtet, die im März 2016 für USD 52.500,00 (€ 46.093,06) versteigert wurde.
Howard Mehring - Auction history
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