William Turnbull
Ancestral Totem
Found at
Christies,
London
The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship, Lot 45
25. May - 25. May 2022
The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship, Lot 45
25. May - 25. May 2022
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 554.400 GBP
Price realised: 554.400 GBP
Description
WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Ancestral Totem
signed with monogram and dated '58' (at the base)
bronze with a dark green patina, unique
73 1⁄4 in. (187.4 cm.) high
Conceived in 1956-58.
Ancestral Totem
signed with monogram and dated '58' (at the base)
bronze with a dark green patina, unique
73 1⁄4 in. (187.4 cm.) high
Conceived in 1956-58.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 85 %.
This artwork by William Turnbull achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May last year. In the The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship auction, the work Ancestral Totem sold for GBP 554,400.00 (€ 652,198.83) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 300,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Turnbull; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Lotus Totem sold at auction in June 2015 with the realized price of GBP 701,000.00 (€ 988,401.20).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 85 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Turnbull erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison - British Art: Innovation and Craftsmanship wurde die Arbeit Ancestral Totem für GBP 554.400,00 (€ 652.198,83) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 300.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Turnbull; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Lotus Totem im Juni 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 701.000,00 (€ 988.401,20).
William Turnbull - Auction history
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