John Ahearn
Victor and Ernest
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
oil on cast plaster
25 x 23 1/2 x 10 in. (63.5 x 59.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1982.
Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982
25 x 23 1/2 x 10 in. (63.5 x 59.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1982.
Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982
A top price for John Ahearn
When the work Victor and Ernest by John Ahearn was auctioned at Phillips in New York in September 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 21,250.00 (€ 17,988.66). This high result makes Victor and Ernest the most expensive artwork by John Ahearn that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Ahearn
Als die Arbeit Victor and Ernest von John Ahearn im September 2017 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 21.250,00 (€ 17.988,66) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Victor and Ernest zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Ahearn, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Ahearn - Auction history
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