Thomas Downing
Grid Ten
Estimate: 70.000 - 90.000 USD
Price realised: 88.200 USD
Price realised: 88.200 USD
Description
THOMAS DOWNING (1928-1985)
Grid Ten
signed, titled and dated 'GRID TEN - 1⁄70 - DOWNING' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
64 x 120 1⁄4 in (162.6 x 305.4 cm.)
Painted in 1970.
Grid Ten
signed, titled and dated 'GRID TEN - 1⁄70 - DOWNING' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
64 x 120 1⁄4 in (162.6 x 305.4 cm.)
Painted in 1970.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Christies in New York held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work Grid Ten by Thomas Downing. It changed hands for a price of USD 88,200.00 (€ 82,191.78) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 70,000.00 – 90,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Thomas Downing - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Blue Tender, which sold at auction in May 2019 for USD 200,000.00 (€ 179,388.29).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Grid Ten von Thomas Downing zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 88.200,00 (€ 82.191,78) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 70.000,00 – 90.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Thomas Downing mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Blue Tender beobachtet, die im Mai 2019 für USD 200.000,00 (€ 179.388,29) versteigert wurde.
Thomas Downing - Auction history
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