Robert Rooney
Variations Slippery Seal 4
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 523
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 523
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 AUD
Price realised: 8.225 AUD
Price realised: 8.225 AUD
Description
ROBERT ROONEY (b. 1937)
Variations Slippery Seal 4
signed, dated and inscribed with title 'VARIATIONS "SLIPPERY SEAL" 4.1967/ROBERT ROONEY' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
106.8 x 106.8 cm
Variations Slippery Seal 4
signed, dated and inscribed with title 'VARIATIONS "SLIPPERY SEAL" 4.1967/ROBERT ROONEY' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
106.8 x 106.8 cm
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In August 2003 Christies in Sydney held the auction AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, which included the work Variations Slippery Seal 4 by Robert Rooney. Here, the upper estimate of AUD 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for AUD 8,225.00 (€ 4,858.93). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Rooney - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Golden Gate, or Time's Little Sheeler, 1995, which sold at auction in November 2018 for AUD 12,200.00 (€ 10,774.53).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im August 2003 führte Christies in Sydney die Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS durch, in der auch die Arbeit Variations Slippery Seal 4 von Robert Rooney zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von AUD 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für AUD 8.225,00 (€ 4.858,93) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Rooney mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Golden Gate, or Time's Little Sheeler, 1995 beobachtet, die im November 2018 für AUD 12.200,00 (€ 10.774,53) versteigert wurde.
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