Paul Feeley

ACRUX

Found at Phillips, New York
Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 181
17. May - 17. May 2013
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 118.750 USD
1964
oil-based enamel on canvas, in artist's frame
66 x 51 in. (168 x 130 cm.)
Signed, titled and dated "Paul Feeley, 'ACRUX', 1964" twice on the stretcher.
Kasmin Limited, London | Private Collection, London

A top price for Paul Feeley

When the work ACRUX by Paul Feeley was auctioned at Phillips in New York in May 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 35,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 118,750.00 (€ 91,430.55). This high result makes ACRUX the most expensive artwork by Paul Feeley that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Paul Feeley

Als die Arbeit ACRUX von Paul Feeley im Mai 2013 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 35.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 118.750,00 (€ 91.430,55) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht ACRUX zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Paul Feeley, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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