Kermit Oswald
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1132
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1132
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 6.930 USD
Price realised: 6.930 USD
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 and dated 3/21/84; signed, dated 3/21/84, and inscribed For Keith Haring / w/ Love, KO /Brooklyn, NY 1984; signed, dated 1984, and inscribed For Keith / with Love on the reverse of the frame
ink on paper
Sheet: 38½ by 50 in. (97.8 by 127 cm.)
Framed: 40¼ by 52 in. (102.2 by 132.1 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1984) | 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 and dated 3/21/84; signed, dated 3/21/84, and inscribed For Keith Haring / w/ Love, KO /Brooklyn, NY 1984; signed, dated 1984, and inscribed For Keith / with Love on the reverse of the frame
ink on paper
Sheet: 38½ by 50 in. (97.8 by 127 cm.)
Framed: 40¼ by 52 in. (102.2 by 132.1 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1984) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Kermit Oswald achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2020. In the Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring auction, the work without title sold for USD 6,930.00 (€ 5,950.03) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Kermit Oswald; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Well sold at auction in October 2020 with the realized price of USD 8,190.00 (€ 7,031.85).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kermit Oswald erzielte im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 6.930,00 (€ 5.950,03) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Kermit Oswald; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Well im Oktober 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 8.190,00 (€ 7.031,85).
Kermit Oswald - Auction history
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