Mead Schaeffer
“Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means..."
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 55.000 USD
Price realised: 55.000 USD
Description
oil and charcoal on canvas
34 x 25 in. (86.4 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1932.
Illustration House, New York, 1 June 1991, lot 164. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
34 x 25 in. (86.4 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1932.
Illustration House, New York, 1 June 1991, lot 164. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
A top price for Mead Schaeffer
This artwork by Mead Schaeffer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2017. In the American Art auction, the work “Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means..." sold for USD 55,000.00 (€ 46,226.26) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. This high result makes “Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means..." the most expensive artwork by Mead Schaeffer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mead Schaeffer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mead Schaeffer erzielte im November 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit “Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means..." für USD 55.000,00 (€ 46.226,26) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht “Closed! Frieder, do you realize what that means..." zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mead Schaeffer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Mead Schaeffer - Auction history
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