John Richard Passmore
Water'S Edge #2
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 AUD
Price realised: 203.150 AUD
Price realised: 203.150 AUD
Description
JOHN RICHARD PASSMORE (1904-1984)
Water's Edge #2
Signed and dated 'J Passmore AUG/1959' (lower right); further signed, dated and inscribed 'WATERS EDGE No 2/John Passmore/August 1959' on label (on the reverse)
oil on board
121 x 182 cm
Water's Edge #2
Signed and dated 'J Passmore AUG/1959' (lower right); further signed, dated and inscribed 'WATERS EDGE No 2/John Passmore/August 1959' on label (on the reverse)
oil on board
121 x 182 cm
A top price for John Passmore
This artwork by John Passmore achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Sydney in March 2006. In the THE W.R. BURGE COLLECTION auction, the work Water'S Edge #2 sold for AUD 203,150.00 (€ 119,908.54) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 70,000.00. This high result makes Water'S Edge #2 the most expensive artwork by John Passmore that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Passmore
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Passmore erzielte im März 2006 bei Christies in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion THE W.R. BURGE COLLECTION wurde die Arbeit Water'S Edge #2 für AUD 203.150,00 (€ 119.908,54) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 70.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Water'S Edge #2 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Passmore, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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