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- Frank Weston Benson
- Mary Sullivan
Frank Weston Benson
Mary Sullivan
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Description
signed and inscribed 'To Mary Codman - F.W. Benson - 1931.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 356 cm.)
Painted circa 1902-04.
The artist. | Mary Sullivan Codman, the sitter, gift from the above, 1931. | Private collection, New Jersey, circa 1965. | Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1968.
oil on canvas
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 356 cm.)
Painted circa 1902-04.
The artist. | Mary Sullivan Codman, the sitter, gift from the above, 1931. | Private collection, New Jersey, circa 1965. | Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1968.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Mary Sullivan by Frank Weston Benson was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2018, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 93,750.00 (€ 82,796.08). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frank Weston Benson achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Reader in November 2016 with an auction result of USD 2,887,500.00 (€ 2,729,722.06).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Mary Sullivan von Frank Weston Benson im November 2018 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 93.750,00 (€ 82.796,08) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frank Weston Benson erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Reader im November 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.887.500,00 (€ 2.729.722,06).