Purvis Young
The Mind of Me the Artist
Estimate: 400 - 600 USD
Price realised: 1.890 USD
Price realised: 1.890 USD
Description
1984
Paint, pastel and ink drawings collaged to bound book pages with five loose marker and ink drawings.
drawings 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
book 11 x 9 1/2 x 1 in. (27.9 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm)
The book signed and dated in blue ink on the cover, many of the bound drawings signed and dated in ink, two of the loose drawings signed and dated.
Paint, pastel and ink drawings collaged to bound book pages with five loose marker and ink drawings.
drawings 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
book 11 x 9 1/2 x 1 in. (27.9 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm)
The book signed and dated in blue ink on the cover, many of the bound drawings signed and dated in ink, two of the loose drawings signed and dated.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Mind of Me the Artist by Purvis Young was auctioned at Phillips in New York in March last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 600.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 1,890.00 (€ 1,703.78). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Purvis Young achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work People with Halos Above City, 1973 in January 2020 with an auction result of USD 43,750.00 (€ 39,439.29).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Mind of Me the Artist von Purvis Young im März letzten Jahres 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 600,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 1.890,00 (€ 1.703,78) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Purvis Young erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit People with Halos Above City, 1973 im Januar 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 43.750,00 (€ 39.439,29).
Purvis Young - Auction history
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