Robert Bechtle
Palm Springs Porsche
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 47.500 GBP
Price realised: 47.500 GBP
Description
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RB75' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Robert Bechtle 1975 PALM SPRINGS PORSCHE' (on the reverse)
watercolour on paper
image: 10 x 14 5/8in. (25.2 x 37cm.)
sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 5/8in. (34 x 49.8cm.)
Executed in 1975
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York. | John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. | James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica. | Jonathan Novak Contemporary, Los Angeles. | Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 10 May 2006, lot 241. | Private Collection, Milan (acquired at the above sale).
watercolour on paper
image: 10 x 14 5/8in. (25.2 x 37cm.)
sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 5/8in. (34 x 49.8cm.)
Executed in 1975
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York. | John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. | James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica. | Jonathan Novak Contemporary, Los Angeles. | Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 10 May 2006, lot 241. | Private Collection, Milan (acquired at the above sale).
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Palm Springs Porsche by Robert Bechtle was worth GBP 47,500.00 (€ 54,081.37) to a buyer in March 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Robert Bechtle have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work '64 Chrysler in November 2010 with an auction result of USD 458,500.00 (€ 351,718.32).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Palm Springs Porsche von Robert Bechtle war einem Käufer im März 2018 GBP 47.500,00 (€ 54.081,37) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Robert Bechtle auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit '64 Chrysler im November 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 458.500,00 (€ 351.718,32).
Robert Bechtle - Auction history
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