George Tooker
A Game of Chess
Found at
Christies,
New York
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 29 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, Lot 29 B
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2018
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 432.500 USD
Price realised: 432.500 USD
Description
signed 'Tooker' (lower left)
tempera on panel
30 x 15 in. (76.2 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted in 1946-47.
Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York. | Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York. | Robert Isaacson Gallery, New York. | Irma Rudin, New York. | Marshall Henis, Steppingstone Gallery, Great Neck, New York. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1978, lot 208. | Acquired by the late owner from the above.
tempera on panel
30 x 15 in. (76.2 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted in 1946-47.
Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York. | Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York. | Robert Isaacson Gallery, New York. | Irma Rudin, New York. | Marshall Henis, Steppingstone Gallery, Great Neck, New York. | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1978, lot 208. | Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In November 2018 Christies in New York held the auction An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale, which included the work A Game of Chess by George Tooker. The »bidding war« ended at USD 432,500.00 (€ 381,965.91), 24% above the upper estimate. Other works by George Tooker have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 427,500.00 (€ 407,725.32) in December 2002 for the work Coney Island.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im November 2018 führte Christies in New York die Auktion An American Place | The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Game of Chess von George Tooker zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 432.500,00 (€ 381.965,91) und damit 24% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von George Tooker haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 427.500,00 (€ 407.725,32) im Dezember 2002 für die Arbeit Coney Island beobachtet.
George Tooker - Auction history
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