John Koch
Three Musicians
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 274.000 USD
Price realised: 274.000 USD
Description
John Koch1909 - 1978
THREE MUSICIANS
signed Koch (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 48 inches
(76.2 by 121.9 cm)
Painted in 1958.
Kraushaar Galleries, New York | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucas, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, by 1967 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998
THREE MUSICIANS
signed Koch (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 48 inches
(76.2 by 121.9 cm)
Painted in 1958.
Kraushaar Galleries, New York | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lucas, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, by 1967 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998
Upper estimate price exceeded by 52 %.
The work Three Musicians by John Koch was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2015. It achieved a price of USD 274,000.00 (€ 249,226.85), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 52%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Koch - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Siesta, which sold at auction in July 2020 for USD 596,075.00 (€ 506,263.80).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 52 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Three Musicians von John Koch kam im Mai 2015 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 274.000,00 (€ 249.226,85) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 52%. Für andere Arbeiten von John Koch mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Siesta beobachtet, die im Juli 2020 für USD 596.075,00 (€ 506.263,80) versteigert wurde.
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