Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) The Watermelon Party
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
signed, inscribed and dated "MICHAEL RAY CHARLES AMERICAN PAINTER 96" lower right of upper element
acrylic and copper penny on wooden panel, in 2 parts
107 x 47 in. (271.8 x 119.4 cm)
Executed in 1996.
Barry Wiltshire Gallery, Dallas | Acquired from the above by the present owner
acrylic and copper penny on wooden panel, in 2 parts
107 x 47 in. (271.8 x 119.4 cm)
Executed in 1996.
Barry Wiltshire Gallery, Dallas | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Michael Ray Charles achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in September 2020. In the New Now auction, the work (Forever Free) The Watermelon Party sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 74,671.45) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Michael Ray Charles; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Forever Free, One And Another sold at auction in May 2019 with the realized price of USD 100,000.00 (€ 89,694.14).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Michael Ray Charles erzielte im September 2020 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion New Now wurde die Arbeit (Forever Free) The Watermelon Party für USD 87.500,00 (€ 74.671,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Michael Ray Charles; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Forever Free, One And Another im Mai 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 100.000,00 (€ 89.694,14).
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