Bill Traylor
Untitled (Man and Woman), 1939-1942
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 175.000 USD
Price realised: 175.000 USD
Description
BILL TRAYLOR (CIRCA 1853-1949)
Untitled (Man and Woman), 1939-1942
signed Bill Traylor lower right; reverse bears Charles Shannon sticker Man-Woman and additional sticker H-124/ Woman, Man in Blue
graphite, colored pencil and tempera on card
15 x 12 3⁄4 in.
Untitled (Man and Woman), 1939-1942
signed Bill Traylor lower right; reverse bears Charles Shannon sticker Man-Woman and additional sticker H-124/ Woman, Man in Blue
graphite, colored pencil and tempera on card
15 x 12 3⁄4 in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.
The work Untitled (Man and Woman), 1939-1942 by Bill Traylor was auctioned at Christies in New York in February last year. It achieved a price of USD 175,000.00 (€ 155,915.89), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 46%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bill Traylor - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Man on White, Woman on Red / Man with Black Dog, double sided, 1939-1942, which sold at auction in January 2020 for USD 507,000.00 (€ 457,044.98).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Untitled (Man and Woman), 1939-1942 von Bill Traylor kam im Februar letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 175.000,00 (€ 155.915,89) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 46%. Für andere Arbeiten von Bill Traylor mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Man on White, Woman on Red / Man with Black Dog, double sided, 1939-1942 beobachtet, die im Januar 2020 für USD 507.000,00 (€ 457.044,98) versteigert wurde.
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