Michele Destarac
Choosing a calm green for a long story
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Michele Destarac (French, b. 1943)
Choosing a calm green for a long story
signed and dated 'Destarac/ 85.' (lower right); signed and dated again 'Destarac/ 85' (on the reverse) and titled '"CHOOSING A CALM GREEN FOR A LONG STORY"' (on the stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
51¼ x 76¼ in. (130.1 x 193.7 cm.)
Painted in 1985.
Choosing a calm green for a long story
signed and dated 'Destarac/ 85.' (lower right); signed and dated again 'Destarac/ 85' (on the reverse) and titled '"CHOOSING A CALM GREEN FOR A LONG STORY"' (on the stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
51¼ x 76¼ in. (130.1 x 193.7 cm.)
Painted in 1985.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Choosing a calm green for a long story by Michèle Destarac was auctioned at Christies in New York in August 2014. It achieved a price of USD 8,125.00 (€ 6,178.71), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Michèle Destarac; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Dans Le Noir C'Est Difficile, 1972 sold at auction in October 2011 with the realized price of EUR 7,013.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Choosing a calm green for a long story von Michèle Destarac kam im August 2014 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 6.178,71) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Michèle Destarac; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Dans Le Noir C'Est Difficile, 1972 im Oktober 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 7.013,00.
Michèle Destarac - Auction history
