Morris Cole Graves
Shore Birds
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 414
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 414
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 408.500 USD
Price realised: 408.500 USD
Description
gouache and watercolor on paper
25 ¾ x 30 ¾ in. (65.4 x 78.1 cm.)
Executed in 1939.
Willard Gallery, New York. | Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., New York, acquired from the above, 1942. | Victoria Barr, New York, daughter of the above, gift from the above, 1976. | Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1976.
25 ¾ x 30 ¾ in. (65.4 x 78.1 cm.)
Executed in 1939.
Willard Gallery, New York. | Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., New York, acquired from the above, 1942. | Victoria Barr, New York, daughter of the above, gift from the above, 1976. | Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1976.
A top price for Morris Cole Graves
When the work Shore Birds by Morris Cole Graves was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 408,500.00 (€ 350,042.84). This high result makes Shore Birds the most expensive artwork by Morris Cole Graves that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Morris Cole Graves
Als die Arbeit Shore Birds von Morris Cole Graves im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 408.500,00 (€ 350.042,84) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Shore Birds zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Morris Cole Graves, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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