Clementine Hunter
Leaving St. Augustine's, 1950s
Found at
Christies,
New York
Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed, Lot 66
19.Jan - 19.Jan.2018
Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed, Lot 66
19.Jan - 19.Jan.2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
initialed CH lower left
oil on pasteboard
19 ½ x 24 in.
Honor Blanchard, Alexandria, Louisiana | Gilley's Gallery, Baton Rouge | Acquired from above in 2004
oil on pasteboard
19 ½ x 24 in.
Honor Blanchard, Alexandria, Louisiana | Gilley's Gallery, Baton Rouge | Acquired from above in 2004
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Leaving St. Augustine's, 1950s by Clementine Hunter was worth USD 15,000.00 (€ 12,069.52) to a buyer in January 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 5,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Clementine Hunter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Clementine In Her Flower Garden, 1984, which sold at auction in January 2021 for USD 32,500.00 (€ 26,782.04).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Leaving St. Augustine's, 1950s von Clementine Hunter war einem Käufer im Januar 2018 USD 15.000,00 (€ 12.069,52) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Clementine Hunter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Clementine In Her Flower Garden, 1984 beobachtet, die im Januar 2021 für USD 32.500,00 (€ 26.782,04) versteigert wurde.
Clementine Hunter - Auction history
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