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Hassel Smith
Rim Shot
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 113.775 USD
Price realised: 113.775 USD
Description
HASSEL SMITH (1915-2007)
Rim Shot
1959
signed with artist's initials, titled and dated 1959; signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
oil on canvas
69 5/8 by 65 in.
176.8 by 165.1 cm.
Private Collection, Switzerland | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Rim Shot
1959
signed with artist's initials, titled and dated 1959; signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
oil on canvas
69 5/8 by 65 in.
176.8 by 165.1 cm.
Private Collection, Switzerland | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Rim Shot by Hassel Smith was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 35,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 113,775.00 (€ 106,024.60). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hassel Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sebastopol I, which sold at auction in December 2021 for USD 375,000.00 (€ 331,330.62).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Rim Shot von Hassel Smith im Mai letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 35.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 113.775,00 (€ 106.024,60) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Hassel Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sebastopol I beobachtet, die im Dezember 2021 für USD 375.000,00 (€ 331.330,62) versteigert wurde.