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- Giudecca
Walter Barker
Giudecca
Estimate: 200 - 300 USD
Price realised: 1.890 USD
Price realised: 1.890 USD
Description
THIS LOT IS BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
WALTER BARKER
1921 - 2004
GIUDECCA
signed and dated 57; signed, titled and dated 57 on the stretcher
oil on linen
27½ by 39⅜ in. (69.8 by 100 cm.)
The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (gift of the above in 1966)
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
WALTER BARKER
1921 - 2004
GIUDECCA
signed and dated 57; signed, titled and dated 57 on the stretcher
oil on linen
27½ by 39⅜ in. (69.8 by 100 cm.)
The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (gift of the above in 1966)
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
The work Giudecca by Walter Barker was worth USD 1,890.00 (€ 1,622.74) to a buyer in October 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 300.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Walter Barker have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Venice in April 2020 with an auction result of USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,416.70).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Giudecca von Walter Barker war einem Käufer im Oktober 2020 USD 1.890,00 (€ 1.622,74) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Walter Barker auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Venice im April 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.416,70).