Donald De Lue
The Rocket Thrower
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Description
Donald De Lue
1897 - 1988
THE ROCKET THROWER
inscribed Delue © and stamped with the Modern Art FDRY NY foundry mark
bronze, brownish green patina
Height: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm.)
Jonathan Swartz and Charles Cohen, New York (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1897 - 1988
THE ROCKET THROWER
inscribed Delue © and stamped with the Modern Art FDRY NY foundry mark
bronze, brownish green patina
Height: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm.)
Jonathan Swartz and Charles Cohen, New York (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work The Rocket Thrower by Donald De Lue was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2011. It achieved a price of USD 37,500.00 (€ 25,301.94), 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 Donald De Lue - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Cosmic Head, which sold at auction in March 2020 for USD 68,750.00 (€ 62,335.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Rocket Thrower von Donald De Lue kam im April 2011 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 37.500,00 (€ 25.301,94) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Für andere Arbeiten von Donald De Lue mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Cosmic Head beobachtet, die im März 2020 für USD 68.750,00 (€ 62.335,66) versteigert wurde.
Donald De Lue - Auction history
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