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Frank Bowling, R.A.
Any Mermaids?
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 47.500 GBP
Price realised: 47.500 GBP
Description
signed, inscribed and dated 'FRANK BOWLING 1992/"ANY MERMAIDS?"' (on the stretcher)
acrylic paint and acrylic gel on collaged canvas
27 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (69.2 x 43.8 cm.)
Painted in 1992.
Private collection, USA, from whom purchased by the present owner in 2011.
acrylic paint and acrylic gel on collaged canvas
27 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (69.2 x 43.8 cm.)
Painted in 1992.
Private collection, USA, from whom purchased by the present owner in 2011.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 58 %.
In June 2019 Christies in London held the auction Modern British Art Day Sale, which included the work Any Mermaids? by Frank Bowling. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 47,500.00 (€ 53,397.04), 58% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frank Bowling achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Beggar No. 3 in June 2019 with an auction result of GBP 695,250.00 (€ 781,564.11).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 58 % übertroffen
Im Juni 2019 führte Christies in London die Auktion Modern British Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Any Mermaids? von Frank Bowling zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 47.500,00 (€ 53.397,04) und damit 58% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frank Bowling erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Beggar No. 3 im Juni 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 695.250,00 (€ 781.564,11).