Rackstraw Downes
In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front
Found at
Christies,
New York
POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Lot 287
7. Nov - 7. Nov 2000
POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Lot 287
7. Nov - 7. Nov 2000
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939)
In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front
signed, titled and dated 'RACKSTRAW DOWNES In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front
oil on canvas
16 x 120 in. (40.6 x 304.8 cm.)
Painted in 1989-1990
In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front
signed, titled and dated 'RACKSTRAW DOWNES In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front
oil on canvas
16 x 120 in. (40.6 x 304.8 cm.)
Painted in 1989-1990
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Rackstraw Downes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2000. In the POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART auction, the work In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front sold for USD 49,350.00 (€ 56,763.29) - well above the upper estimate of USD 22,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Rackstraw Downes; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Approach To The Holland Tunnel With 75 Varick sold at auction in November 2016 with the realized price of USD 87,500.00 (€ 82,718.85).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Rackstraw Downes erzielte im November 2000 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion POST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART wurde die Arbeit In the High Island Oil Field, February; Morning After Passage of a Cold Front für USD 49.350,00 (€ 56.763,29) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 22.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Rackstraw Downes; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Approach To The Holland Tunnel With 75 Varick im November 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 82.718,85).
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