John Shinnors
Light Kites Over Island
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
John Shinnorsb.1950
B.1950
LIGHT KITES OVER ISLAND
signed; signed and titled on a label attached to the backboard
oil on canvas
63.5 by 84cm.; 25 by 33in.
B.1950
LIGHT KITES OVER ISLAND
signed; signed and titled on a label attached to the backboard
oil on canvas
63.5 by 84cm.; 25 by 33in.
A top price for John Shinnors
This artwork by John Shinnors achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2006. In the Post War and Contemporary Irish Art auction, the work Light Kites Over Island sold for GBP 30,000.00 (€ 44,822.67) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. This high result makes Light Kites Over Island the most expensive artwork by John Shinnors that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Shinnors
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Shinnors erzielte im Oktober 2006 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post War and Contemporary Irish Art wurde die Arbeit Light Kites Over Island für GBP 30.000,00 (€ 44.822,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Light Kites Over Island zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Shinnors, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Shinnors - Auction history
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