Arshile Gorky
Head
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 150.000 USD
Price realised: 150.000 USD
Description
Arshile Gorky
1904 - 1948
HEAD
Signed A. Gorky (center left)
Oil on board mounted on canvas
30 1/4 by 11 1/8 in.
76.8 by 28.6 cm
Painted circa 1930-31.
Armenian War Relief Benefit (donated by the artist in 1942) | Mr. Haroutune Hazarian, New York (acquired from the above) | Margit Chanin, Ltd., New York (acquired by 1962) | Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 27, 1965, lot 155 | Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York | M.A. Griben, Tarzana, California | Michael Long, United States (acquired by 1982) | Solomon & Co., New York | Acquired from the above
1904 - 1948
HEAD
Signed A. Gorky (center left)
Oil on board mounted on canvas
30 1/4 by 11 1/8 in.
76.8 by 28.6 cm
Painted circa 1930-31.
Armenian War Relief Benefit (donated by the artist in 1942) | Mr. Haroutune Hazarian, New York (acquired from the above) | Margit Chanin, Ltd., New York (acquired by 1962) | Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 27, 1965, lot 155 | Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York | M.A. Griben, Tarzana, California | Michael Long, United States (acquired by 1982) | Solomon & Co., New York | Acquired from the above
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Head by Arshile Gorky was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 150,000.00 (€ 134,541.21). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Arshile Gorky achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Charred Beloved I in November this year with an auction result of USD 23,410,000.00 (€ 21,461,312.80).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Head von Arshile Gorky im Mai 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 150.000,00 (€ 134.541,21) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Arshile Gorky erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Charred Beloved I im November diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 23.410.000,00 (€ 21.461.312,80).