Howard Mehring - Brilliant Corners

Howard Mehring

Brilliant Corners

Found at Sothebys, New York
Contemporary Curated, Lot 109
2. Mar - 2. Mar 2018
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 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
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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

10.880 USD
Howard Mehring - Brilliance, circa 1957
2024
Brilliance, circa 1957
Mar 2024
Bonhams, Los Angeles
9.563 USD
Howard Mehring - Early American
2023
Early American
Feb 2023
Bonhams
25.000 USD
Howard Mehring - Two And One
2020
Two And One
Mar 2020
Sothebys, New York
40.000 USD
Howard Mehring - Blue Note
Blue Note
Dec 2019
Christies, New York (Online Auction)

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