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Thornton Utz
Resume Safe Speed
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Description
signed 'Thorton Utz' (lower left)
oil on board
39 ¼ x 29 ¾ in. (99.7 x 75.6 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Charles Martignette, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | Estate of the above. | Heritage, New York, 15 October 2010, lot 78214, sold by the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
oil on board
39 ¼ x 29 ¾ in. (99.7 x 75.6 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Charles Martignette, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | Estate of the above. | Heritage, New York, 15 October 2010, lot 78214, sold by the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
A top price for Thornton Utz
This artwork by Thornton Utz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2019. In the American Art auction, the work Resume Safe Speed sold for USD 137,500.00 (€ 123,329.45) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. This high result makes Resume Safe Speed the most expensive artwork by Thornton Utz that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Thornton Utz
Dieses Kunstwerk von Thornton Utz erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Resume Safe Speed für USD 137.500,00 (€ 123.329,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Resume Safe Speed zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Thornton Utz, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.