John Minihan
Seamus Heaney Photographed At West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Co. Cork, 2005
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.600 GBP
Price realised: 3.600 GBP
Description
John Minihanb.1946
B.1946
SEAMUS HEANEY PHOTOGRAPHED AT WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL, BANTRY, CO. CORK, 2005
signed, signed by the sitter and titled; signed, inscribed Seamus Heaney / Bantry Literary Festival / Bantry / Co. Cork 2005 and numbered P/P on the reverse
silver gelatin print
plate: 37 by 37cm.; 14½ by 14½in.
B.1946
SEAMUS HEANEY PHOTOGRAPHED AT WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL, BANTRY, CO. CORK, 2005
signed, signed by the sitter and titled; signed, inscribed Seamus Heaney / Bantry Literary Festival / Bantry / Co. Cork 2005 and numbered P/P on the reverse
silver gelatin print
plate: 37 by 37cm.; 14½ by 14½in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by John Minihan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May 2007. In the The Irish Sale auction, the work Seamus Heaney Photographed At West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Co. Cork, 2005 sold for GBP 3,600.00 (€ 5,297.64) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Minihan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Francis Bacon, Paris, 1977, which sold at auction in November 2008 for GBP 11,875.00 (€ 14,357.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Minihan erzielte im Mai 2007 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Irish Sale wurde die Arbeit Seamus Heaney Photographed At West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Co. Cork, 2005 für GBP 3.600,00 (€ 5.297,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Minihan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Francis Bacon, Paris, 1977 beobachtet, die im November 2008 für GBP 11.875,00 (€ 14.357,77) versteigert wurde.
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