Spencer Finch
Trying to remember the colour of Jackie Kennedy's Pillbox Hat
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 16.800 USD
Price realised: 16.800 USD
Description
1993
Ten works of pastel on paper.
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm) each.
Signed and dated on the reverse; titled “Trying to remember the colour of Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat” lower center of each.
Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection, London
Ten works of pastel on paper.
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm) each.
Signed and dated on the reverse; titled “Trying to remember the colour of Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat” lower center of each.
Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection, London
Upper estimate price exceeded by 87 %.
This artwork by Spencer Finch achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in February 2007. In the Under the Influence auction, the work Trying to remember the colour of Jackie Kennedy's Pillbox Hat sold for USD 16,800.00 (€ 12,698.41) - well above the upper estimate of USD 9,000.00. Admittedly, works by Spencer Finch have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work New York Boogie Woogie (Times Square, April 27, 2003, 10:07 Pm) in October 2018 with an auction result of USD 68,750.00 (€ 60,668.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 87 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Spencer Finch erzielte im Februar 2007 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Under the Influence wurde die Arbeit Trying to remember the colour of Jackie Kennedy's Pillbox Hat für USD 16.800,00 (€ 12.698,41) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Spencer Finch auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit New York Boogie Woogie (Times Square, April 27, 2003, 10:07 Pm) im Oktober 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 68.750,00 (€ 60.668,90).
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