Leon Kelly
Winter Bird
Found at
Sothebys,
New York (Online Auction)
The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 8
20. May - 20. May 2019
The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 8
20. May - 20. May 2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Description
LEON KELLY (1901 - 1982)
WINTER BIRD
Signed Leon Kelly and dated 1945 (lower right); signed 'Leon Kelly' and dated 1945 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
15 by 9 in. (38.1 by 22.8 cm)
Framed: 20¼ by 14⅛ in. (51.4 by 36 cm)
Painted in 1945.
WINTER BIRD
Signed Leon Kelly and dated 1945 (lower right); signed 'Leon Kelly' and dated 1945 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
15 by 9 in. (38.1 by 22.8 cm)
Framed: 20¼ by 14⅛ in. (51.4 by 36 cm)
Painted in 1945.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Winter Bird by Leon Kelly was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 35,000.00 (€ 31,392.95). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Leon Kelly; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Messenger (Man With Kites) sold at auction in November 2019 with the realized price of USD 50,000.00 (€ 45,376.17).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Winter Bird von Leon Kelly im Mai 2019 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 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 35.000,00 (€ 31.392,95) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Leon Kelly; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Messenger (Man With Kites) im November 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 50.000,00 (€ 45.376,17).
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