Kermit Oswald
A Small Rocket
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1014
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1014
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
THIS LOT IS BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
KERMIT OSWALD
b. 1958
A SMALL ROCKET
signed, titled, dated 1985 and inscribed For Keith
ink on plywood
10⅝ by 17⅝ in. (26.9 by 44.7 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist in 1985) | Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
KERMIT OSWALD
b. 1958
A SMALL ROCKET
signed, titled, dated 1985 and inscribed For Keith
ink on plywood
10⅝ by 17⅝ in. (26.9 by 44.7 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist in 1985) | Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work A Small Rocket by Kermit Oswald was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2020. It achieved a price of USD 2,772.00 (€ 2,380.01), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kermit Oswald - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Well, which sold at auction in October 2020 for USD 8,190.00 (€ 7,031.85).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Small Rocket von Kermit Oswald kam im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 2.772,00 (€ 2.380,01) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Für andere Arbeiten von Kermit Oswald mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Well beobachtet, die im Oktober 2020 für USD 8.190,00 (€ 7.031,85) versteigert wurde.
Kermit Oswald - Auction history
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