Reg Butler
Woman Standing
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 146.500 GBP
Price realised: 146.500 GBP
Description
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
WOMAN STANDING
welded bronze, brass sheet and wire
height (not including plinth): 47cm.; 18½in.
Executed in 1951-2, the present work is unique.
Purchased by the present owner at the Venice Biennale, 1952
1913 - 1981
WOMAN STANDING
welded bronze, brass sheet and wire
height (not including plinth): 47cm.; 18½in.
Executed in 1951-2, the present work is unique.
Purchased by the present owner at the Venice Biennale, 1952
A top price for Reg Butler
This artwork by Reg Butler achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in June 2014. In the Modern & Post-War British Art auction, the work Woman Standing sold for GBP 146,500.00 (€ 183,044.74) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. This high result makes Woman Standing the most expensive artwork by Reg Butler that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Reg Butler
Dieses Kunstwerk von Reg Butler erzielte im Juni 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Post-War British Art wurde die Arbeit Woman Standing für GBP 146.500,00 (€ 183.044,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Woman Standing zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Reg Butler, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Reg Butler - Auction history
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