Jay Defeo
Temple (For W.B.)
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 233.000 USD
Price realised: 233.000 USD
Description
Jay DeFeo
1929 - 1989
TEMPLE (FOR W.B.)
signed and dated 1980 on the reverse
acrylic and mixed media on masonite
48 1/8 by 72 1/8 in. 122.2 by 183.2 cm.
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco | Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 1980
1929 - 1989
TEMPLE (FOR W.B.)
signed and dated 1980 on the reverse
acrylic and mixed media on masonite
48 1/8 by 72 1/8 in. 122.2 by 183.2 cm.
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco | Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 1980
A top price for Jay DeFeo
When the work Temple (For W.B.) by Jay DeFeo was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 40,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 233,000.00 (€ 172,146.29). This high result makes Temple (For W.B.) the most expensive artwork by Jay DeFeo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jay DeFeo
Als die Arbeit Temple (For W.B.) von Jay DeFeo im September 2013 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 40.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 233.000,00 (€ 172.146,29) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Temple (For W.B.) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jay DeFeo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.