Walter Barker

Venice

Found at Sothebys, New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for A Nation - An Online Sale, Lot 26
2. Apr - 2. Apr 2020
Estimate: 500 - 700 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
WALTER BARKER
1921 - 2004
VENICE
signed on the strainer
oil on canvas
48 by 60 in. (121.9 by 152.4 cm.)
Executed in 1957.
Fine Arts Associates, New York | The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn (acquired from the above in 1958) | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn in 1966)

A top price for Walter Barker

When the work Venice by Walter Barker was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 700.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 11 times as high at USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,416.70). This high result makes Venice the most expensive artwork by Walter Barker that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Walter Barker

Als die Arbeit Venice von Walter Barker im April 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 700,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.416,70) mehr als elfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Venice zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Walter Barker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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