Kermit Oswald
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1129
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1129
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
UNTITLED
signed, dated, numbered 2/7 and inscribed Hand Printed by Kermit April 2, 1985 on the reverse
woodcut, on yellow wove paper
Image: 32⅛ by 22⅞ in. (81.8 by 58.1 cm.)
Sheet: 34⅛ by 25⅛ in. (86.7 by 63.7 cm.) Executed in 1985, this work is number 2 from an edition of 7.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
KERMIT OSWALD
b. 1958
UNTITLED
signed, dated, numbered 2/7 and inscribed Hand Printed by Kermit April 2, 1985 on the reverse
woodcut, on yellow wove paper
Image: 32⅛ by 22⅞ in. (81.8 by 58.1 cm.)
Sheet: 34⅛ by 25⅛ in. (86.7 by 63.7 cm.) Executed in 1985, this work is number 2 from an edition of 7.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price
When this work without title by Kermit Oswald was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 300.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at USD 2,772.00 (€ 2,380.01). 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).
Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit ohne Titel von Kermit Oswald im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 300,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.772,00 (€ 2.380,01) mehr als neunmal so hoch. 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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