Mernet Larsen
Café
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 309
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2019
20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 309
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2019
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Description
signed and dated "Mernet Larsen 2011" on the reverse
acrylic and tracing paper on canvas
47 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. (120.7 x 120.7 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
Vogt Gallery, New York | Collection of Dr. Thomas J. Huerter, Omaha | Vogt Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
acrylic and tracing paper on canvas
47 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. (120.7 x 120.7 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
Vogt Gallery, New York | Collection of Dr. Thomas J. Huerter, Omaha | Vogt Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Café by Mernet Larsen was sold in the 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session auction at Phillips in New York in November 2019. The »bidding war« ended at USD 75,000.00 (€ 68,064.25), 25% above the upper estimate. Other works by Mernet Larsen have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 62,500.00 (€ 70,259.27) in June 2019 for the work Cardplayers.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Café von Mernet Larsen wurde im November 2019 in der Auktion 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 75.000,00 (€ 68.064,25) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Mernet Larsen haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 62.500,00 (€ 70.259,27) im Juni 2019 für die Arbeit Cardplayers beobachtet.