Theodore Roszak

Study for "Forty-Second Street"

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 1
4. Nov - 22. Nov 2021
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 126.000 USD
Property from an Important American Collection
Theodore Roszak
1907 - 1981
Study for "Forty-Second Street"
oil on Masonite
Masonite: 8 by 4 ¾ inches (20.3 by 12.1 cm)
framed: 13 ½ by 10 ¼ inches (34.5 by 26 cm)
Painted circa 1936.
The artist | Estate of the above | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above) | Alice Lawrence, New York, 1997 (acquired from the above) | Estate of the above (sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 2008, lot 97) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

A top price for Theodore Roszak

This artwork by Theodore Roszak achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2021. In the American Art auction, the work Study for "Forty-Second Street" sold for USD 126,000.00 (€ 111,632.85) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. This high result makes Study for "Forty-Second Street" the most expensive artwork by Theodore Roszak that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Theodore Roszak

Dieses Kunstwerk von Theodore Roszak erzielte im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Study for "Forty-Second Street" für USD 126.000,00 (€ 111.632,85) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Study for "Forty-Second Street" zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Theodore Roszak, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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