Martin Puryear
Cane
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 4.410 USD
Price realised: 4.410 USD
Description
Martin Puryear
b. 1941
Cane
The complete book, comprising ten woodcuts, 2000, signed in pencil on the colophon and numbered 38, from the deluxe edition of 50, with the separate suite of seven woodcuts, each signed in pencil, individually titled and numbered 38/50 (total edition includes five artist's proofs), the prints on Kitakata handmade paper, published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, the book bound (as issued), with text by Jean Toomer, contained in the original leather binding with wooden slipcase, the suite contained in the original cloth-covered boards (17 prints)
images approx.: 264 by 325 mm 10⅜ by 12¾ in
sheets: 427 by 518 mm 16¾ by 20⅜ in
overall: 461 by 552 by 7 mm 18¼ by 21¾ by ¼ in
b. 1941
Cane
The complete book, comprising ten woodcuts, 2000, signed in pencil on the colophon and numbered 38, from the deluxe edition of 50, with the separate suite of seven woodcuts, each signed in pencil, individually titled and numbered 38/50 (total edition includes five artist's proofs), the prints on Kitakata handmade paper, published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, the book bound (as issued), with text by Jean Toomer, contained in the original leather binding with wooden slipcase, the suite contained in the original cloth-covered boards (17 prints)
images approx.: 264 by 325 mm 10⅜ by 12¾ in
sheets: 427 by 518 mm 16¾ by 20⅜ in
overall: 461 by 552 by 7 mm 18¼ by 21¾ by ¼ in
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October 2021 Sothebys in New York held the auction Important Prints & Multiples: Part II, which included the work Cane by Martin Puryear. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 4,410.00 (€ 3,817.52) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Martin Puryear achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work without title in May 2014 with an auction result of USD 1,805,000.00 (€ 1,323,313.78).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober 2021 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Important Prints & Multiples: Part II durch, in der auch die Arbeit Cane von Martin Puryear zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 4.410,00 (€ 3.817,52) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Martin Puryear erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ohne Titel im Mai 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.805.000,00 (€ 1.323.313,78).
Martin Puryear - Auction history
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