William Bradford
Midnight Sun, The Arctic
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 USD
Price realised: 1.445.000 USD
Price realised: 1.445.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Wm Bradford/78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 48 ¼ in. (76.8 x 122.6 cm.)
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York. | Private collection, California, acquired from the above, 1964. | By descent to the present owner.
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 48 ¼ in. (76.8 x 122.6 cm.)
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York. | Private collection, California, acquired from the above, 1964. | By descent to the present owner.
A top price for William Bradford
This artwork by William Bradford achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2015. In the American Art auction, the work Midnight Sun, The Arctic sold for USD 1,445,000.00 (€ 1,314,353.28) - well above the upper estimate of USD 700,000.00. This high result makes Midnight Sun, The Arctic the most expensive artwork by William Bradford that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Bradford
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Bradford erzielte im Mai 2015 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Midnight Sun, The Arctic für USD 1.445.000,00 (€ 1.314.353,28) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 700.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Midnight Sun, The Arctic zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von William Bradford, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
William Bradford - Auction history
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