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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
The Star
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 6.875 USD
Price realised: 6.875 USD
Description
HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH
1880 - 1980
THE STAR
stamped © and inscribed HARRIET W FRISHMUTH 1918 (on the base); also stamped GORHAM CO FOUNDERS / Q505 and inscribed #319 (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
height: 19 ½ inches (49.5 cm) on a ¾ inch (1.9 cm) marble base
Private collection, Ohio | Estate of the above | Acquired by the present owner from the above
1880 - 1980
THE STAR
stamped © and inscribed HARRIET W FRISHMUTH 1918 (on the base); also stamped GORHAM CO FOUNDERS / Q505 and inscribed #319 (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
height: 19 ½ inches (49.5 cm) on a ¾ inch (1.9 cm) marble base
Private collection, Ohio | Estate of the above | Acquired by the present owner from the above
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Star by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2020, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 6,875.00 (€ 6,233.57). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Vine in May 2009 with an auction result of USD 962,500.00 (€ 681,367.69).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Star von Harriet Whitney Frishmuth im März 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 6.875,00 (€ 6.233,57) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Harriet Whitney Frishmuth erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Vine im Mai 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 962.500,00 (€ 681.367,69).