Robert Rooney

After Colonial Cubism

Found at Christies, Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 597
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 AUD
Price realised: 14.100 AUD
ROBERT ROONEY (b. 1937)
After Colonial Cubism
signed, dated and inscribed with title 'ROBERT ROONEY/AFTER COLONIAL CUBISM 1993' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
122 x 198.3 cm

Upper estimate price exceeded by 41 %.

In August 2003 Christies in Sydney held the auction AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, which included the work After Colonial Cubism by Robert Rooney. The »bidding war« ended at AUD 14,100.00 (€ 8,329.60), 41% above the upper estimate. Other works by Robert Rooney have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of AUD 12,200.00 (€ 10,774.53) in November 2018 for the work Golden Gate, or Time's Little Sheeler, 1995.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 41 % übertroffen

Im August 2003 führte Christies in Sydney die Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS durch, in der auch die Arbeit After Colonial Cubism von Robert Rooney zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von AUD 14.100,00 (€ 8.329,60) und damit 41% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Robert Rooney haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von AUD 12.200,00 (€ 10.774,53) im November 2018 für die Arbeit Golden Gate, or Time's Little Sheeler, 1995 beobachtet.

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