Charles White
Roots
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 30
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2020
20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 30
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2020
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 USD
Price realised: 877.000 USD
Price realised: 877.000 USD
Description
signed and dated "CHARLES WHITE '63" lower right
ink on board
37 x 54 in. (94 x 137.2 cm)
Executed in 1963.
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles | Payson and Helen Wolff, Los Angeles (acquired from the above circa 1965) | Thence by descent to the present owners
ink on board
37 x 54 in. (94 x 137.2 cm)
Executed in 1963.
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles | Payson and Helen Wolff, Los Angeles (acquired from the above circa 1965) | Thence by descent to the present owners
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Roots by Charles White was auctioned at Phillips in New York in December 2020. It achieved a price of USD 877,000.00 (€ 717,089.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles White - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Ye Shall Inherit The Earth, which sold at auction in November 2019 for USD 1,760,000.00 (€ 1,597,241.13).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Roots von Charles White kam im Dezember 2020 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 877.000,00 (€ 717.089,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles White mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Ye Shall Inherit The Earth beobachtet, die im November 2019 für USD 1.760.000,00 (€ 1.597.241,13) versteigert wurde.
Charles White - Auction history
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