Michael West
Franconia Notch
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 100.800 USD
Price realised: 100.800 USD
Description
MICHAEL (CORINNE) WEST (1908-1991)
Franconia Notch
signed, titled and dated 'Michael West/'Franconia Notch'/Aug 1965' (on the reverse)
oil and postcard collage on canvas
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
Franconia Notch
signed, titled and dated 'Michael West/'Franconia Notch'/Aug 1965' (on the reverse)
oil and postcard collage on canvas
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Michael West achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Franconia Notch sold for USD 100,800.00 (€ 93,933.46) - 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 West; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot 7 and 8 sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of USD 176,400.00 (€ 164,383.56).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Michael West erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Franconia Notch für USD 100.800,00 (€ 93.933,46) 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 West; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit 7 and 8 im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 176.400,00 (€ 164.383,56).
Michael West - Auction history
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