Robert Remsen Vickrey
Venetian Lamp
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 9.563 USD
Price realised: 9.563 USD
Description
THE BARTER FAMILY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011)
Venetian Lamp
signed 'R. Vickrey' (lower left)
egg tempera on gesso panel
9 x 10 1/2in (22.9 x 26.7cm)
Painted in 2003.
The artist. | Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida. | Mrs. Joanne Barter West, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above, March 2003. | By descent to the present owners, 2020.
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926-2011)
Venetian Lamp
signed 'R. Vickrey' (lower left)
egg tempera on gesso panel
9 x 10 1/2in (22.9 x 26.7cm)
Painted in 2003.
The artist. | Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida. | Mrs. Joanne Barter West, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above, March 2003. | By descent to the present owners, 2020.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.
This artwork by Robert Vickrey achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in New York in May 2021. In the American Art auction, the work Venetian Lamp sold for USD 9,562.50 (€ 7,841.97) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Vickrey - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Green Thought, which sold at auction in May 2021 for USD 35,312.50 (€ 28,958.91).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Vickrey erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Bonhams in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Venetian Lamp für USD 9.562,50 (€ 7.841,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Vickrey mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Green Thought beobachtet, die im Mai 2021 für USD 35.312,50 (€ 28.958,91) versteigert wurde.
Robert Vickrey - Auction history
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