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LeRoy Neiman
Cluny Unicorn
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 4.800 USD
Price realised: 4.800 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION
LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012)
Cluny Unicorn
signed 'LeRoy Neiman' (lower left) and inscribed with title, signed again and dated '74' (on the reverse)
oil on board
4 x 5 1/4 in. (10.2 x 13.3 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz (1917-1992), Greenwich, Connecticut, (probably) acquired from the artist. | Private collection, United States and Greece, by descent from the above, 1992. | By descent to the present owner from the above, 2022.
LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012)
Cluny Unicorn
signed 'LeRoy Neiman' (lower left) and inscribed with title, signed again and dated '74' (on the reverse)
oil on board
4 x 5 1/4 in. (10.2 x 13.3 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Dr. Maury P. Leibovitz (1917-1992), Greenwich, Connecticut, (probably) acquired from the artist. | Private collection, United States and Greece, by descent from the above, 1992. | By descent to the present owner from the above, 2022.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Cluny Unicorn by LeRoy Neiman was auctioned at Bonhams in Los Angeles in August this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 4,800.00 (€ 4,428.45). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by LeRoy Neiman achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Football Star Constellation in April 2015 with an auction result of USD 430,000.00 (€ 385,235.62).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Cluny Unicorn von LeRoy Neiman im August diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in Los Angeles versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 4.800,00 (€ 4.428,45) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von LeRoy Neiman erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Football Star Constellation im April 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 430.000,00 (€ 385.235,62).