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Elizabeth Catlett
Sister
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Description
signed with initials 'EC' (along the edge)
green marble
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Carved in 1971.
The artist. | Richard V. Clarke, New York, acquired from the above, 1972. | Private collection, by descent. | Swann, New York, 14 February 2013, lot 141, sold by the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
green marble
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Carved in 1971.
The artist. | Richard V. Clarke, New York, acquired from the above, 1972. | Private collection, by descent. | Swann, New York, 14 February 2013, lot 141, sold by the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Sister by Elizabeth Catlett was sold in the American Art auction at Christies in New York in May 2019. The price achieved of USD 100,000.00 (€ 89,694.14) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. Other works by Elizabeth Catlett have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in April 2014 the work Woman Fixing Her Hair was auctioned for USD 149,000.00 (€ 107,426.10).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Sister von Elizabeth Catlett wurde im Mai 2019 in der Auktion American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 100.000,00 (€ 89.694,14) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Elizabeth Catlett konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im April 2014 die Arbeit Woman Fixing Her Hair für USD 149.000,00 (€ 107.426,10) versteigert.