Kermit Oswald
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1138
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1138
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 A.P. and inscribed Hand-printed by Kermit Oswald 2/85 Brooklyn, New York © 85 on the reverse
woodcut
Image: 36 by 26⅞ in. (91.6 by 68.3 cm.)
Sheet: 38¼ by 29⅛ in. (97.2 by 73.9 cm.) Executed in 1985, this work is an artist’s proof.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist) | 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 A.P. and inscribed Hand-printed by Kermit Oswald 2/85 Brooklyn, New York © 85 on the reverse
woodcut
Image: 36 by 26⅞ in. (91.6 by 68.3 cm.)
Sheet: 38¼ by 29⅛ in. (97.2 by 73.9 cm.) Executed in 1985, this work is an artist’s proof.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (gift of the artist) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
This work without title by Kermit Oswald was worth USD 3,276.00 (€ 2,812.74) to a buyer in October 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 300.00 many times over. 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 Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit ohne Titel von Kermit Oswald war einem Käufer im Oktober 2020 USD 3.276,00 (€ 2.812,74) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300,00 um ein Vielfaches. 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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