Robert H. Colescott
Pontchartrain (quadriptych)
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 USD
Price realised: 40.695 USD
Price realised: 40.695 USD
Description
Robert H. Colescott (1925-2009)
Pontchartrain (quadriptych), 1997
Etching, sugar lift and spit bite aquatint with drypoint in colors, printed on 4 sheets of Arches Cream cover paper, adjacently, signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 8/20 on the right panel (there were also 10 artist's proofs), with the blindstamp, on right panel, of the publisher/printer Crown Point Press, San Francisco, each the full sheet. (quadriptych)
each image 41 1/2 x 29 3/8in (105.4 x 74.6cm)
each sheet 46 1/4 x 29 3/8in (117.4 x 74.6cm)
Crown Point Press, San Francisco | Private collection, New York and Louisiana
Pontchartrain (quadriptych), 1997
Etching, sugar lift and spit bite aquatint with drypoint in colors, printed on 4 sheets of Arches Cream cover paper, adjacently, signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 8/20 on the right panel (there were also 10 artist's proofs), with the blindstamp, on right panel, of the publisher/printer Crown Point Press, San Francisco, each the full sheet. (quadriptych)
each image 41 1/2 x 29 3/8in (105.4 x 74.6cm)
each sheet 46 1/4 x 29 3/8in (117.4 x 74.6cm)
Crown Point Press, San Francisco | Private collection, New York and Louisiana
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Pontchartrain (quadriptych) by Robert Colescott was sold in the Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples auction at Bonhams in New York in May last year. The price achieved of USD 40,695.00 (€ 37,922.84) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 35,000.00 – 45,000.00. 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 im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Pontchartrain (quadriptych) von Robert Colescott wurde im Mai letzten Jahres in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples bei Bonhams in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 40.695,00 (€ 37.922,84) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 35.000,00 – 45.000,00 angegeben worden. 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).
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