Mark Lancaster

Harlequinade (Harlequin with Columbine)

Found at Christies, New York
First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art, Lot 173
10. Mar - 10. Mar 2011
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 4.375 USD
Mark Lancaster (b. 1938)
Harlequinade (Harlequin with Columbine)
signed, titled and dated '"HARLEQUINADE (HARLEQUIN WITH COLUMBINE) Mark Lancaster 1990' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1990.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.

The work Harlequinade (Harlequin with Columbine) by Mark Lancaster was sold in the First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art auction at Christies in New York in March 2011. It achieved a price of USD 4,375.00 (€ 3,084.68), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 46%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mark Lancaster - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in October 2007 for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 7,539.35).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Harlequinade (Harlequin with Columbine) von Mark Lancaster wurde im März 2011 in der Auktion First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 4.375,00 (€ 3.084,68) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 46%. Für andere Arbeiten von Mark Lancaster mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit ohne Titel beobachtet, die im Oktober 2007 für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 7.539,35) versteigert wurde.

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