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Michael West
7 and 8
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 176.400 USD
Price realised: 176.400 USD
Description
Revolutionary Gestures: Works from a Private Southampton Collection
Michael (Corinne) West
1908 - 1991
7 and 8
signed Mich West and dated 1964 (lower left); signed Michael West, titled and dated June 64 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
75⅜ by 49¾ in.
191.5 by 126.4 cm.
Executed in June 1964.
Estate of the artist | Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Michael (Corinne) West
1908 - 1991
7 and 8
signed Mich West and dated 1964 (lower left); signed Michael West, titled and dated June 64 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
75⅜ by 49¾ in.
191.5 by 126.4 cm.
Executed in June 1964.
Estate of the artist | Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Michael West
This artwork by Michael West achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Modern Day Auction auction, the work 7 and 8 sold for USD 176,400.00 (€ 164,383.56) - well above the upper estimate of USD 80,000.00. This high result makes 7 and 8 the most expensive artwork by Michael West that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Michael West
Dieses Kunstwerk von Michael West erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern Day Auction wurde die Arbeit 7 and 8 für USD 176.400,00 (€ 164.383,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 7 and 8 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Michael West, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.