Howard Hodgkin
Goodbye to the Bay of Naples
Found at
Christies,
London
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 3
06.Okt - 06.Okt.2017
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 3
06.Okt - 06.Okt.2017
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.688.750 GBP
Price realised: 1.688.750 GBP
Description
oil on wood
22 x 26 3/8in. (55.9 x 66.9cm.)
Executed in 1980-1982
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, New York. | Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1982). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
22 x 26 3/8in. (55.9 x 66.9cm.)
Executed in 1980-1982
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, New York. | Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1982). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Howard Hodgkin
This artwork by Howard Hodgkin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2017. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction, the work Goodbye to the Bay of Naples sold for GBP 1,688,750.00 (€ 1,925,505.56) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600,000.00. This high result makes Goodbye to the Bay of Naples the most expensive artwork by Howard Hodgkin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Howard Hodgkin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Howard Hodgkin erzielte im Oktober 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction wurde die Arbeit Goodbye to the Bay of Naples für GBP 1.688.750,00 (€ 1.925.505,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Goodbye to the Bay of Naples zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Howard Hodgkin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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