Edwin Walter Dickinson
Marconi Ruin
Found at
Christies,
New York
Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Live Sale, Lot 18
18. May - 18. May 2021
Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Live Sale, Lot 18
18. May - 18. May 2021
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Description
Edwin Walter Dickinson (1891-1978)
signed 'E.W. Dickinson' (lower left edge); dated '1941' (lower left); inscribed 'So, Wellfleet' and signed and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. (40 x 52.7 cm.)
Painted in 1941.
Helen Dickinson Baldwin, Oberlin, Ohio, daughter of the artist | Joshua Strychalski, New York | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1990
signed 'E.W. Dickinson' (lower left edge); dated '1941' (lower left); inscribed 'So, Wellfleet' and signed and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. (40 x 52.7 cm.)
Painted in 1941.
Helen Dickinson Baldwin, Oberlin, Ohio, daughter of the artist | Joshua Strychalski, New York | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1990
Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.
This artwork by Edwin Walter Dickinson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2021. In the Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Live Sale auction, the work Marconi Ruin sold for USD 35,000.00 (€ 28,702.64) - well above the upper estimate of USD 18,000.00. Admittedly, works by Edwin Walter Dickinson have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Self Portrait In Uniform in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 187,500.00 (€ 166,874.33).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Edwin Walter Dickinson erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Live Sale wurde die Arbeit Marconi Ruin für USD 35.000,00 (€ 28.702,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Edwin Walter Dickinson auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Self Portrait In Uniform im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 187.500,00 (€ 166.874,33).
Edwin Walter Dickinson - Auction history
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