Lily Harmon

Coat Of Many Colors

Found at Sothebys, New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II, Lot 12
6. Apr - 6. Apr 2021
Estimate: 300 - 500 USD
Price realised: 2.394 USD
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Lily Harmon
1912 - 1998
Coat of Many Colors
signed Lily Harmon (lower right); also signed again HARMON and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
canvas: 20 by 16 inches (50.8 by 40.6 cm)
framed: 30 ½ by 26 ½ inches (77.5 by 67.3 cm)
Painted in 1950.
The artist | Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above) | Gift to the present owner, 1966

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work Coat Of Many Colors by Lily Harmon was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 2,394.00 (€ 1,990.02). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Lily Harmon; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Location X sold at auction in April 2021 with the realized price of USD 4,410.00 (€ 3,665.84).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Coat Of Many Colors von Lily Harmon im April 2021 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 500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.394,00 (€ 1.990,02) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Lily Harmon; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Location X im April 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 4.410,00 (€ 3.665,84).

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