Richard Humphry

Devolution

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs & Melvin Jacobs Online Sale, Lot 23
2. May - 19. May 2022
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 3.780 USD
RICHARD HUMPHRY (B. 1942)
Devolution
signed and dated 'HUMPHRY 71' (lower right)
oil on Masonite
12 ¼ x 9 ⅞ in. (31.1 x 25.1 cm.)
Painted in 1971.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Devolution by Richard Humphry was auctioned at Christies in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 3,780.00 (€ 3,522.50). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Richard Humphry achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Cause of Thunder in May last year with an auction result of USD 69,300.00 (€ 64,579.26).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Devolution von Richard Humphry im Mai letzten Jahres 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 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 3.780,00 (€ 3.522,50) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Richard Humphry erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Cause of Thunder im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 69.300,00 (€ 64.579,26).

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