Mary Weatherford
Madame Butterfly
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 31.875 USD
Price realised: 31.875 USD
Description
MARY WEATHERFORD (B. 1963)
Madame Butterfly
1989
signed and signed with the artist's initials on the overlap; titled and dated 1989 on the stretcher bar of the lower left canvas
oil on canvas, in four parts
overall: 60 3/16 by 60 3/16 in.
152.9 by 152.9 cm.
Diane Brown Gallery, New York (WMP00589) | Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1990) | Private Collection, US | Thence by descent to the present owner
Madame Butterfly
1989
signed and signed with the artist's initials on the overlap; titled and dated 1989 on the stretcher bar of the lower left canvas
oil on canvas, in four parts
overall: 60 3/16 by 60 3/16 in.
152.9 by 152.9 cm.
Diane Brown Gallery, New York (WMP00589) | Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1990) | Private Collection, US | Thence by descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 59 %.
In May this year Bonhams held the auction Post-War & Contemporary Art, which included the work Madame Butterfly by Mary Weatherford. The »bidding war« ended at USD 31,875.00 (€ 29,918.34), 59% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Mary Weatherford achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Coney Island in September last year with an auction result of USD 478,800.00 (€ 489,420.42).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 59 % übertroffen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Bonhams die Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Madame Butterfly von Mary Weatherford zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 31.875,00 (€ 29.918,34) und damit 59% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Mary Weatherford erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Coney Island im September letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 478.800,00 (€ 489.420,42).
Mary Weatherford - Auction history
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