Paul Cadmus
Study for "The Shower"
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 94.500 USD
Price realised: 94.500 USD
Description
Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein
Paul Cadmus
1904 - 1999
Study for "The Shower"
signed Cadmus and dated 42 (lower right)
pencil on paper
image: 7¼ by 7½ in. (18.4 by 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 12½ by 10¼ in. (31.7 by 23 cm.)
Executed in 1942.
Private Collection | Christie's New York, 13 March 1996, lot 124 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paul Cadmus
1904 - 1999
Study for "The Shower"
signed Cadmus and dated 42 (lower right)
pencil on paper
image: 7¼ by 7½ in. (18.4 by 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 12½ by 10¼ in. (31.7 by 23 cm.)
Executed in 1942.
Private Collection | Christie's New York, 13 March 1996, lot 124 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Study for "The Shower" by Paul Cadmus was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 94,500.00 (€ 88,062.62). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Paul Cadmus achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lloyd and Barbara Wescott in November 2021 with an auction result of USD 2,430,000.00 (€ 2,152,919.29).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Study for "The Shower" von Paul Cadmus im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 94.500,00 (€ 88.062,62) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Paul Cadmus erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lloyd and Barbara Wescott im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.430.000,00 (€ 2.152.919,29).
Paul Cadmus - Auction history
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