Leon Kelly
The Oriental Cock
Found at
Sothebys,
New York (Online Auction)
The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 1
20. May - 20. May 2019
The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 1
20. May - 20. May 2019
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 4.000 USD
Price realised: 4.000 USD
Description
LEON KELLY (1901 - 1982)
THE ORIENTAL COCK
Signed Leon Kelly and dated 1945 (lower right); signed Leon Kelly, titled in English, French and Spanish, inscribed La Fiesta de los Pájaros, The Carnival of Birds, and dated 1945 (on the verso)
Pen and ink and colored pencil on paper
10½ by 6¼ in. (26.7 by 15.9 cm)
Framed: 14¾ by 11⅝ in. (37.5 by 29.7 cm)
Executed in 1945.
THE ORIENTAL COCK
Signed Leon Kelly and dated 1945 (lower right); signed Leon Kelly, titled in English, French and Spanish, inscribed La Fiesta de los Pájaros, The Carnival of Birds, and dated 1945 (on the verso)
Pen and ink and colored pencil on paper
10½ by 6¼ in. (26.7 by 15.9 cm)
Framed: 14¾ by 11⅝ in. (37.5 by 29.7 cm)
Executed in 1945.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work The Oriental Cock by Leon Kelly was worth USD 4,000.00 (€ 3,587.77) to a buyer in May 2019. This price was achieved in the auction The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 1,200.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Leon Kelly achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Messenger (Man With Kites) in November 2019 with an auction result of USD 50,000.00 (€ 45,376.17).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Oriental Cock von Leon Kelly war einem Käufer im Mai 2019 USD 4.000,00 (€ 3.587,77) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Sleep of Reason | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.200,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Leon Kelly erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Messenger (Man With Kites) im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 50.000,00 (€ 45.376,17).
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