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- Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13)
Benton M. Spruance
Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13)
Estimate: 400 - 600 USD
Price realised: 2.160 USD
Price realised: 2.160 USD
Description
BENTON M. SPRUANCE (1904-1967)
Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13)
lithograph, 1929, on wove paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, from the edition of 22, with margins (unevenly trimmed), pale mat staining, minor surface soiling, soft handling creases, a few small repaired tears along the margin edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (289 x 232 mm.)
S. 12 7/8 x 12¼ in. (327 x 311 mm.)
Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13)
lithograph, 1929, on wove paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, from the edition of 22, with margins (unevenly trimmed), pale mat staining, minor surface soiling, soft handling creases, a few small repaired tears along the margin edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (289 x 232 mm.)
S. 12 7/8 x 12¼ in. (327 x 311 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13) by Benton Murdoch Spruance was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 600.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 2,160.00 (€ 1,702.53). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Benton Murdoch Spruance achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The People Work - Morning, Noon, Evening, Night in August this year with an auction result of USD 35,280.00 (€ 32,549.13).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Madonna of the Subway (Fine & Looney 13) von Benton Murdoch Spruance im September 2006 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 600,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.160,00 (€ 1.702,53) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Benton Murdoch Spruance erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The People Work - Morning, Noon, Evening, Night im August diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 35.280,00 (€ 32.549,13).