Ian Grant
Flight of Birds
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 377
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 377
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 1.000 - 2.000 AUD
Price realised: 3.525 AUD
Price realised: 3.525 AUD
Description
IAN GRANT (b. 1947)
Flight of Birds
signed with initials and dated 'I. G. 77' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed with title 'Ian Grant/April-May 1977/Flight of Birds' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
169 x 181 cm
Flight of Birds
signed with initials and dated 'I. G. 77' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed with title 'Ian Grant/April-May 1977/Flight of Birds' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
169 x 181 cm
A top price for Ian Grant
This artwork by Ian Grant achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Sydney in August 2003. In the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction, the work Flight of Birds sold for AUD 3,525.00 (€ 2,082.40) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 2,000.00. This high result makes Flight of Birds the most expensive artwork by Ian Grant that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ian Grant
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ian Grant erzielte im August 2003 bei Christies in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS wurde die Arbeit Flight of Birds für AUD 3.525,00 (€ 2.082,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 2.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Flight of Birds zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ian Grant, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.