John Wesley
Debbie Millstein Swallowed a Thumbtack
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Description
signed, titled and dated 'DEBIE MILLSTEIN SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK John Wesley 1972' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
47 ¼ x 59in. (120 x 150cm.)
Painted in 1972
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York. | Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York. | Acquried from the above by the present owner in 2002.
acrylic on canvas
47 ¼ x 59in. (120 x 150cm.)
Painted in 1972
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York. | Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York. | Acquried from the above by the present owner in 2002.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Debbie Millstein Swallowed a Thumbtack by John Wesley was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction at Christies in London in October 2020. The price achieved of GBP 87,500.00 (€ 97,161.29) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 70,000.00 – 100,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Wesley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Plague, which sold at auction in May 2008 for USD 577,000.00 (€ 370,822.62).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Debbie Millstein Swallowed a Thumbtack von John Wesley wurde im Oktober 2020 in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 87.500,00 (€ 97.161,29) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von John Wesley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Plague beobachtet, die im Mai 2008 für USD 577.000,00 (€ 370.822,62) versteigert wurde.
John Wesley - Auction history
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