Michael West
Stonington Conn. (Rainy Afternoon)
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Description
MICHAEL (CORINNE) WEST (1908-1991)
Stonington Conn. (Rainy Afternoon)
signed and titled 'Michael West Stonington Conn. Rainy Afternoon' (on the reverse)
oil and newsprint collage on canvas
40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1955.
Stonington Conn. (Rainy Afternoon)
signed and titled 'Michael West Stonington Conn. Rainy Afternoon' (on the reverse)
oil and newsprint collage on canvas
40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1955.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.
The work Stonington Conn. (Rainy Afternoon) by Michael West was sold in the Post-War to Present auction at Christies in New York in September last year. It achieved a price of USD 81,900.00 (€ 83,716.65), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 64%. 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 64 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Stonington Conn. (Rainy Afternoon) von Michael West wurde im September letzten Jahres in der Auktion Post-War to Present bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 81.900,00 (€ 83.716,65) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 64%. 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).
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