Robert Colescott
Artistry + Reality, Mexicali Rose
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Description
ROBERT COLESCOTT (1925-2009)
Artistry + Reality, Mexicali Rose
signed and dated 'R Colescott 80' (lower left); signed again with the artist's initials, titled and dated again 'RHC SEPT. 1980 ARTISTRY + REALITY - MEXICALI ROSE' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
16 x 18 in. (40.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Artistry + Reality, Mexicali Rose
signed and dated 'R Colescott 80' (lower left); signed again with the artist's initials, titled and dated again 'RHC SEPT. 1980 ARTISTRY + REALITY - MEXICALI ROSE' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
16 x 18 in. (40.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Artistry + Reality, Mexicali Rose by Robert Colescott was auctioned at Christies in New York in May last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 30,000.00 (€ 27,956.39). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Robert Colescott achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work George Washington Carver Crossing The Delaware: Page From An American History Textbook in May 2021 with an auction result of USD 15,315,900.00 (€ 12,560,193.54).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Artistry + Reality, Mexicali Rose von Robert Colescott im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 30.000,00 (€ 27.956,39) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Robert Colescott erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit George Washington Carver Crossing The Delaware: Page From An American History Textbook im Mai 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 15.315.900,00 (€ 12.560.193,54).
Robert Colescott - Auction history
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