William Hawkins
Steer and Dog, 1984
Estimate: 15.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Description
signed William L. Hawkins lower edge
enamel on Masonite
48 x 48 in.
KS Art, New York | Acquired from the above in 2003
enamel on Masonite
48 x 48 in.
KS Art, New York | Acquired from the above in 2003
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by William Hawkins achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2019. In the Outsider and Vernacular Art auction, the work Steer and Dog, 1984 sold for USD 52,500.00 (€ 45,835.52) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Hawkins; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Puma Kitten, circa 1985 sold at auction in January 2017 with the realized price of USD 85,000.00 (€ 78,747.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Hawkins erzielte im Januar 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Outsider and Vernacular Art wurde die Arbeit Steer and Dog, 1984 für USD 52.500,00 (€ 45.835,52) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Hawkins; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Puma Kitten, circa 1985 im Januar 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 85.000,00 (€ 78.747,45).
William Hawkins - Auction history
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