Jack Hamilton Bush
Swing Gay
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 173.000 USD
Price realised: 173.000 USD
Description
signed, titled and dated 'Jack Bush SWING "GAY" JUNE 1976' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
47 1/8 x 67 in. (119.6 x 170.1 cm.)
Painted in 1976.
Acquavella Galleries, New York | Private collection, Weston | By descent from the above to the present owner
acrylic on canvas
47 1/8 x 67 in. (119.6 x 170.1 cm.)
Painted in 1976.
Acquavella Galleries, New York | Private collection, Weston | By descent from the above to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 44 %.
The work Swing Gay by Jack Hamilton Bush was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2015. It achieved a price of USD 173,000.00 (€ 161,065.08), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 44%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jack Hamilton Bush - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Red Side Right (Right Side Red), which sold at auction in July 2013 for USD 603,750.00 (€ 454,562.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 44 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Swing Gay von Jack Hamilton Bush kam im März 2015 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 173.000,00 (€ 161.065,08) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 44%. Für andere Arbeiten von Jack Hamilton Bush mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Red Side Right (Right Side Red) beobachtet, die im Juli 2013 für USD 603.750,00 (€ 454.562,57) versteigert wurde.
Jack Hamilton Bush - Auction history
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