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- Portrait Of Mrs. Donald Macmurray
Grant Wood
Portrait Of Mrs. Donald Macmurray
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 680.000 USD
Price realised: 680.000 USD
Description
Grant Wood
1891 - 1942
PORTRAIT OF MRS. DONALD MACMURRAY
signed GRANT/WOOD and dated 1933 (lower right)
oil on Masonite
24 by 21 inches
(61 by 53.3 cm)
Donald MacMurray, Chicago, Illinois (the sitter's husband, commissioned from the artist) | Mildred Klein (the sitter, by descent) | Sherman Sexton, 1950 (her later husband) | William and Margo Sexton (by descent) | By descent in the family | (possibly) [With]R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois | Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1990
1891 - 1942
PORTRAIT OF MRS. DONALD MACMURRAY
signed GRANT/WOOD and dated 1933 (lower right)
oil on Masonite
24 by 21 inches
(61 by 53.3 cm)
Donald MacMurray, Chicago, Illinois (the sitter's husband, commissioned from the artist) | Mildred Klein (the sitter, by descent) | Sherman Sexton, 1950 (her later husband) | William and Margo Sexton (by descent) | By descent in the family | (possibly) [With]R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois | Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1990
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Portrait Of Mrs. Donald Macmurray by Grant Wood was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2019. The price achieved of USD 680,000.00 (€ 609,920.17) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 600,000.00 – 800,000.00. Other works by Grant Wood have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2008 the work Study for "February" was auctioned for USD 1,058,500.00 (€ 760,471.30).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Mrs. Donald Macmurray von Grant Wood wurde im Mai 2019 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 680.000,00 (€ 609.920,17) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 600.000,00 – 800.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Grant Wood konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2008 die Arbeit Study for "February" für USD 1.058.500,00 (€ 760.471,30) versteigert.