Alice Neel
Dr. Finger’S Waiting Room
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 3.030.000 USD
Price realised: 3.030.000 USD
Description
Alice Neel (1900-1984)
signed and dated ‘Neel ‘66’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Dr. Louis Finger, New York, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1966 | Private collection, New York, by descent from the above | By descent from the above to the present owner
signed and dated ‘Neel ‘66’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Dr. Louis Finger, New York, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1966 | Private collection, New York, by descent from the above | By descent from the above to the present owner
A top price for Alice Neel
When the work Dr. Finger’S Waiting Room by Alice Neel was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 800,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 3,030,000.00 (€ 2,484,828.60). This high result makes Dr. Finger’S Waiting Room the most expensive artwork by Alice Neel that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alice Neel
Als die Arbeit Dr. Finger’S Waiting Room von Alice Neel im Mai 2021 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 800.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 3.030.000,00 (€ 2.484.828,60) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Dr. Finger’S Waiting Room zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alice Neel, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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