Michael Clark
Preliminary Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Description
signed 'Michael Clark' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'Preliminary Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon.1982/83. (April.)' (lower left)
pencil, squared for transfer
9 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (24.7 x 26.6 cm.)
Miss Valerie Beston, by whom gifted to the present owner.
pencil, squared for transfer
9 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (24.7 x 26.6 cm.)
Miss Valerie Beston, by whom gifted to the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Preliminary Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon by Michael Clark was worth GBP 17,500.00 (€ 22,095.48) to a buyer in March 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Modern British & Irish Art at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Michael Clark - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of Francis Bacon, which sold at auction in February 2006 for GBP 50,400.00 (€ 74,127.09).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Preliminary Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon von Michael Clark war einem Käufer im März 2016 GBP 17.500,00 (€ 22.095,48) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern British & Irish Art bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Michael Clark mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of Francis Bacon beobachtet, die im Februar 2006 für GBP 50.400,00 (€ 74.127,09) versteigert wurde.
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