Hughie Lee-Smith
The Birds
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 69.300 USD
Price realised: 69.300 USD
Description
Property from the Nottage Family Collection
Hughie Lee-Smith
1915 - 1999
The Birds
signed
oil on canvas
20 by 24 in. 50.8 by 61 cm.
Executed in 1955.
Collection of Wallace and Ruby Nottage, Brooklyn (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent to the present owner
Hughie Lee-Smith
1915 - 1999
The Birds
signed
oil on canvas
20 by 24 in. 50.8 by 61 cm.
Executed in 1955.
Collection of Wallace and Ruby Nottage, Brooklyn (acquired directly from the artist) | Thence by descent to the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Birds by Hughie Lee-Smith was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2021, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 70,000.00 – 100,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 69,300.00 (€ 56,831.23). Other works by Hughie Lee-Smith have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in December 2021 by the work Indecision II at USD 118,750.00 (€ 104,921.36).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Birds von Hughie Lee-Smith im Mai 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 69.300,00 (€ 56.831,23) den Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Hughie Lee-Smith wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Dezember 2021 die Arbeit Indecision II mit USD 118.750,00 (€ 104.921,36).
Hughie Lee-Smith - Auction history
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