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Morton Künstler
Keep To Your Sabers, Men! (Generals Custer And Hampton, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot 152
5. Apr - 5. Apr 2012
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot 152
5. Apr - 5. Apr 2012
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Description
Morton Künstler
B. 1931
KEEP TO YOUR SABERS, MEN! (GENERALS CUSTER AND HAMPTON, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 3, 1863)
signed © MKünstler and dated '92, l.r.
oil on canvas
24 by 61 in.
61 by 154.9 cm.
Painted in 1992
Hammer Galleries, New York | Private Collection, California (acquired from the above in 1994)
B. 1931
KEEP TO YOUR SABERS, MEN! (GENERALS CUSTER AND HAMPTON, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 3, 1863)
signed © MKünstler and dated '92, l.r.
oil on canvas
24 by 61 in.
61 by 154.9 cm.
Painted in 1992
Hammer Galleries, New York | Private Collection, California (acquired from the above in 1994)
A top price for Mort Künstler
This artwork by Mort Künstler achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2012. In the American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture auction, the work Keep To Your Sabers, Men! (Generals Custer And Hampton, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863) sold for USD 98,500.00 (€ 74,457.63) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. This high result makes Keep To Your Sabers, Men! (Generals Custer And Hampton, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863) the most expensive artwork by Mort Künstler that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mort Künstler
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mort Künstler erzielte im April 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Keep To Your Sabers, Men! (Generals Custer And Hampton, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863) für USD 98.500,00 (€ 74.457,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Keep To Your Sabers, Men! (Generals Custer And Hampton, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mort Künstler, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.