Margaret Keane

The Protector

Found at Bonhams, Los Angeles (Online Auction)
American Art Online, Lot 67
13. Aug - 23. Aug 2023
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 10.880 USD
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SIDNEY MOBELL, SAN FRANCISCO
Margaret Keane (1927-2022)
The Protector
signed and dated '©MDH / Keane / 1967' (lower right) and inscribed with title and signed again (on the reverse of the frame)
oil on Masonite
9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.7 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Acquired by the late owner by 1972.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.

This artwork by Margaret Keane achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in Los Angeles in August this year. In the American Art Online auction, the work The Protector sold for USD 10,880.00 (€ 10,037.83) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Margaret Keane; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Masquerade sold at auction in August this year with the realized price of USD 12,800.00 (€ 11,809.21).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Margaret Keane erzielte im August diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in Los Angeles einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art Online wurde die Arbeit The Protector für USD 10.880,00 (€ 10.037,83) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Margaret Keane; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Masquerade im August diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 12.800,00 (€ 11.809,21).

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