Mary Proctor
I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995
Found at
Christies,
New York
American Furniture, Outsider and Folk Art, Lot 151
22. Sep - 22. Sep 2014
American Furniture, Outsider and Folk Art, Lot 151
22. Sep - 22. Sep 2014
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Mary Proctor (b.1960)
I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995
signed By Mary Proctor lower left
paint on metal door
85 1/8 x 35¾ in.
I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995
signed By Mary Proctor lower left
paint on metal door
85 1/8 x 35¾ in.
A top price for Mary Proctor
This artwork by Mary Proctor achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2014. In the American Furniture, Outsider and Folk Art auction, the work I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995 sold for USD 6,875.00 (€ 5,444.25) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. This high result makes I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995 the most expensive artwork by Mary Proctor that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mary Proctor
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mary Proctor erzielte im September 2014 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Furniture, Outsider and Folk Art wurde die Arbeit I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995 für USD 6.875,00 (€ 5.444,25) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht I Met a Wise Old Man That Said if American Turn from God We Will Have Hard Days and Hard Nights and if You Make Your Bed Hard You Will Lay in It, 1995 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mary Proctor, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Mary Proctor - Auction history
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