Michael Snow
Study For Sight, 1967
Estimate: 600 - 800 USD
Price realised: 4.200 USD
Price realised: 4.200 USD
Description
Michael Snow (b. 1929)
STUDY FOR SIGHT, 1967
ink, graphite, colored pencil, tape and paper collage on two sheets of paper; signed and dated ''67'
Sheet: 16 1/2 by 12 1/8 in. (41.9 by 30.8 cm.); Framed: 18 1/2 by 14 in. (47 by 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1967, this work is the study for realized sculpture 'Sight,' (1967), in the permanent collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto | Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. | Acquired from the above by the present owner
STUDY FOR SIGHT, 1967
ink, graphite, colored pencil, tape and paper collage on two sheets of paper; signed and dated ''67'
Sheet: 16 1/2 by 12 1/8 in. (41.9 by 30.8 cm.); Framed: 18 1/2 by 14 in. (47 by 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1967, this work is the study for realized sculpture 'Sight,' (1967), in the permanent collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto | Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Study For Sight, 1967 by Michael Snow was worth USD 4,200.00 (€ 3,409.09) to a buyer in March 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art Online at Sothebys in Online and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 800.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Michael Snow; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Morining sold at auction in May 2011 with the realized price of CAD 7,200.00 (€ 5,169.62).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Study For Sight, 1967 von Michael Snow war einem Käufer im März 2018 USD 4.200,00 (€ 3.409,09) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art Online bei Sothebys in Online erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Michael Snow; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Morining im Mai 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von CAD 7.200,00 (€ 5.169,62).
Michael Snow - Auction history
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