Judy Kensley Mckie

Grizzly Bear Bench

Found at Christies, New York
La Ménagerie, Lot 22 M
12.Nov - 12.Nov.2019
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
signed with the artist's monogram, dated and numbered '© JKM '01 6/10' (on the chest)
bronze with dark brown patina
18 ½ x 70 ½ x 21 in. (47 x 179.1 x 53.3 cm.)
Conceived in an edition of ten, executed in 2001
Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Judy Kensley McKie achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2019. In the La Ménagerie auction, the work Grizzly Bear Bench sold for USD 187,500.00 (€ 170,160.63) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Judy Kensley McKie; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot 'Leopard Couch' sold at auction in April 2018 with the realized price of GBP 150,000.00 (€ 170,834.02).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Judy Kensley McKie erzielte im November 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion La Ménagerie wurde die Arbeit Grizzly Bear Bench für USD 187.500,00 (€ 170.160,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Judy Kensley McKie; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit 'Leopard Couch' im April 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 150.000,00 (€ 170.834,02).

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