Christopher Wilmarth
Study for Panoply's Angel
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Description
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'CMW 73' (lower right); signed again with the artist's initials, titled and dated again 'CMW Study for Panoply's Angel / Milan 2/73' (on the reverse)
graphite, tracing paper and staples on paper mounted on paper
12 5/8 x 12 ½ in. (32.1 x 31.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Robert Miller Gallery, New York | Estate of Vera G. List, New York | Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 2004, lot 203 | Private collection, New York | Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
graphite, tracing paper and staples on paper mounted on paper
12 5/8 x 12 ½ in. (32.1 x 31.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Robert Miller Gallery, New York | Estate of Vera G. List, New York | Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 2004, lot 203 | Private collection, New York | Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Christopher Wilmarth achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2017. In the Post-War & Contemporary Art auction, the work Study for Panoply's Angel sold for USD 25,000.00 (€ 21,163.13) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. Admittedly, works by Christopher Wilmarth have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Street Leaf #4 in November 2007 with an auction result of USD 229,000.00 (€ 155,909.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Christopher Wilmarth erzielte im September 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Study for Panoply's Angel für USD 25.000,00 (€ 21.163,13) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Christopher Wilmarth auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Street Leaf #4 im November 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 229.000,00 (€ 155.909,59).
Christopher Wilmarth - Auction history
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