Neil Jenney
Pump and Pumper
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 291
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 291
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 386.500 USD
Price realised: 386.500 USD
Description
Neil Jenney (b. 1945)
Pump and Pumper
signed and dated 'Neil Jenney 1969' (on the stretcher)
acrylic and graphite on canvas in painted artist's frame
60¾ x 64 in. (154.3 x 162.5 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Pump and Pumper
signed and dated 'Neil Jenney 1969' (on the stretcher)
acrylic and graphite on canvas in painted artist's frame
60¾ x 64 in. (154.3 x 162.5 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 93 %.
This artwork by Neil Jenney achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2011. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection auction, the work Pump and Pumper sold for USD 386,500.00 (€ 287,296.51) - well above the upper estimate of USD 200,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Neil Jenney - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Threat and Sanctuary, which sold at auction in May 2016 for USD 965,000.00 (€ 866,636.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 93 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Neil Jenney erzielte im November 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection wurde die Arbeit Pump and Pumper für USD 386.500,00 (€ 287.296,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 200.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Neil Jenney mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Threat and Sanctuary beobachtet, die im Mai 2016 für USD 965.000,00 (€ 866.636,73) versteigert wurde.
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