Wayne Thiebaud
Three Ice Cream Cones
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 4.980.000 USD
Price realised: 4.980.000 USD
Description
WAYNE THIEBAUD (1920 - 2021)
Three Ice Cream Cones
incised with the artist’s signature and date ‘Thiebaud 1964’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Three Ice Cream Cones
incised with the artist’s signature and date ‘Thiebaud 1964’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 42 %.
The work Three Ice Cream Cones by Wayne Thiebaud was auctioned at Christies in New York in May last year. It achieved a price of USD 4,980,000.00 (€ 4,640,760.41), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 42%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wayne Thiebaud - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Encased Cakes, which sold at auction in July last year for HKD 79,200,000.00 (€ 9,882,532.84).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 42 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Three Ice Cream Cones von Wayne Thiebaud kam im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 4.980.000,00 (€ 4.640.760,41) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 42%. Für andere Arbeiten von Wayne Thiebaud mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Encased Cakes beobachtet, die im Juli letzten Jahres für HKD 79.200.000,00 (€ 9.882.532,84) versteigert wurde.
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