Morris Louis
Number 4-32
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 8 B
17.Mai - 17.Mai.2018
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 8 B
17.Mai - 17.Mai.2018
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 3.852.500 USD
Price realised: 3.852.500 USD
Description
Magna on canvas
81 1/4 x 44 7/8 in. (206.4 x 114 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Estate of the artist | Clement Greenberg, New York | Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York | Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne | Eugen Pirlet, Cologne | Acquired from the above by the present owner
81 1/4 x 44 7/8 in. (206.4 x 114 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Estate of the artist | Clement Greenberg, New York | Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York | Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne | Eugen Pirlet, Cologne | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 28 %.
The work Number 4-32 by Morris Louis was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in May 2018. It achieved a price of USD 3,852,500.00 (€ 3,301,199.66), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 28%. Other works by Morris Louis have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 5,580,000.00 (€ 5,405,405.41) in November last year for the work Floral V.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 28 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Number 4-32 von Morris Louis wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 3.852.500,00 (€ 3.301.199,66) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 28%. Andere Arbeiten von Morris Louis haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 5.580.000,00 (€ 5.405.405,41) im November letzten Jahres für die Arbeit Floral V beobachtet.
Morris Louis - Auction history
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