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Purvis Young - Untitled (Three Saints with Needle)

Purvis Young

Untitled (Three Saints with Needle)

Found at Christies, New York
Outsider Art, Lot 30
17.Jan - 17.Jan.2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
enamel on repurposed wood
96 x 48 in.
Silo Crespo, Miami | Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York | William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 1994 (acquired from the above) | Gift of the above to the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 2016

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Purvis Young achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2020. In the Outsider Art auction, the work Untitled (Three Saints with Needle) sold for USD 22,500.00 (€ 20,283.06) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Purvis Young; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot People with Halos Above City, 1973 sold at auction in January 2020 with the realized price of USD 43,750.00 (€ 39,439.29).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Purvis Young erzielte im Januar 2020 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Outsider Art wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Three Saints with Needle) für USD 22.500,00 (€ 20.283,06) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Purvis Young; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit People with Halos Above City, 1973 im Januar 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 43.750,00 (€ 39.439,29).

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