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Helen Frankenthaler
Skywriting
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 24.320 USD
Price realised: 24.320 USD
Description
Property Sold to Benefit the Westlund Center
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Skywriting, 1997
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 37/110 (there were also 20 artist's proofs), with the inkstamp of the publisher (on reverse), Brand X Editions, New York, the full sheet, framed.
sheet 30 1/8 x 40in (76.5 x 101.6cm)
Augen Gallery, Portland | Private Collection
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Skywriting, 1997
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 37/110 (there were also 20 artist's proofs), with the inkstamp of the publisher (on reverse), Brand X Editions, New York, the full sheet, framed.
sheet 30 1/8 x 40in (76.5 x 101.6cm)
Augen Gallery, Portland | Private Collection
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Skywriting by Helen Frankenthaler was auctioned at Bonhams in London in October this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 24,320.00 (€ 23,012.87). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Helen Frankenthaler achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Royal Fireworks in June 2020 with an auction result of USD 7,895,300.00 (€ 7,029,917.19).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Skywriting von Helen Frankenthaler im Oktober diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 24.320,00 (€ 23.012,87) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Helen Frankenthaler erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Royal Fireworks im Juni 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 7.895.300,00 (€ 7.029.917,19).