Rolph Scarlett

Untitled

Found at Christies, New York
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale, Lot 538
14.Nov - 14.Nov.2018
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
signed with initials 'R.S' (on the reverse)--signed again 'Rolph Scarlett' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
37 x 40 in. (93.9 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1940-45.
The artist. | Private collection, Woodstock, New York. | Washburn Gallery, New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1983.

A top price for Rolph Scarlett

This artwork by Rolph Scarlett achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale auction, the work without title sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 77,276.34) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes the work without title the most expensive artwork by Rolph Scarlett that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Rolph Scarlett

Dieses Kunstwerk von Rolph Scarlett erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Day Sale wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 87.500,00 (€ 77.276,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht das Werk ohne Titel zum teuersten Kunstwerk von Rolph Scarlett, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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