Purvis Young
Angels in the Mountains
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
signed Young lower center
enamel on wood
96 x 96 in.
Gallery 721, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Acquired from the above in 2004
enamel on wood
96 x 96 in.
Gallery 721, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Acquired from the above in 2004
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Angels in the Mountains by Purvis Young was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 21,250.00 (€ 18,552.47). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Purvis Young - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work People with Halos Above City, 1973, which sold at auction in January 2020 for USD 43,750.00 (€ 39,439.29).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Angels in the Mountains von Purvis Young im Januar 2019 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 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 21.250,00 (€ 18.552,47) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Purvis Young mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit People with Halos Above City, 1973 beobachtet, die im Januar 2020 für USD 43.750,00 (€ 39.439,29) versteigert wurde.
Purvis Young - Auction history
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