Shay Rieger
Night Village
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for A Nation - An Online Sale, Lot 52
2. Apr - 2. Apr 2020
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for A Nation - An Online Sale, Lot 52
2. Apr - 2. Apr 2020
Estimate: 500 - 700 USD
Price realised: 3.500 USD
Price realised: 3.500 USD
Description
SHAY RIEGER
1923 - 2015
NIGHT VILLAGE
signed and dated 60; signed titled and dated '60 on the reverse
oil on linen
Canvas: 50 by 80 in. (50 by 80 cm.)
Framed: 51⅜ by 81⅜ in. (130.4 by 206.6 cm.)
The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn | Hirshhorn Museum of Sculpture of Garden (gift of the above in 1966)
1923 - 2015
NIGHT VILLAGE
signed and dated 60; signed titled and dated '60 on the reverse
oil on linen
Canvas: 50 by 80 in. (50 by 80 cm.)
Framed: 51⅜ by 81⅜ in. (130.4 by 206.6 cm.)
The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn | Hirshhorn Museum of Sculpture of Garden (gift of the above in 1966)
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Night Village by Shay Rieger was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 700.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 3,500.00 (€ 3,194.89). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Shay Rieger - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Abstract, which sold at auction in April 2020 for USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,410.31).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Night Village von Shay Rieger im April 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 700,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 3.500,00 (€ 3.194,89) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Shay Rieger mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Abstract beobachtet, die im April 2020 für USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.410,31) versteigert wurde.
Shay Rieger - Auction history
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