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John Wesley
Untitled (Woman In Fishnets)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York (Online Auction)
Contemporary Art Online | New York, Lot 561
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2019
Contemporary Art Online | New York, Lot 561
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2019
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Price realised: 2.750 USD
Description
The History of Now: The Collection of David Teiger Sold to Benefit Teiger Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Art
JOHN WESLEY
b.1928
UNTITLED (WOMAN IN FISHNETS)
signed and dated 1963
pencil on tracing paper
Sheet: 13 by 6¼ in. (33 by 15.8 cm.)
Framed: 20½ by 13¾ in. (52 by 34.9 cm.)
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by David Teiger in August 2004
JOHN WESLEY
b.1928
UNTITLED (WOMAN IN FISHNETS)
signed and dated 1963
pencil on tracing paper
Sheet: 13 by 6¼ in. (33 by 15.8 cm.)
Framed: 20½ by 13¾ in. (52 by 34.9 cm.)
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by David Teiger in August 2004
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Untitled (Woman In Fishnets) by John Wesley was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 2,750.00 (€ 2,465.26). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Wesley achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Plague in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 577,000.00 (€ 370,822.62).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Untitled (Woman In Fishnets) von John Wesley im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 2.750,00 (€ 2.465,26) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Wesley erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Plague im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 577.000,00 (€ 370.822,62).