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- Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa
Penelope Siopis
Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.320 GBP
Price realised: 8.320 GBP
Description
Penelope Siopis (South African, born 1953)
Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa
signed 'Siopis' (lower right)
oil on canvas
125.4 x 115.5cm (49 3/8 x 45 1/2in).
(framed)
Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa
signed 'Siopis' (lower right)
oil on canvas
125.4 x 115.5cm (49 3/8 x 45 1/2in).
(framed)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa by Penny Siopis was auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh in October this year. It achieved a price of GBP 8,320.00 (€ 9,553.67), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Penny Siopis - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Heat and Dust, which sold at auction in October last year for GBP 30,240.00 (€ 35,229.27).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Park Bench, Grahamstown, South Africa von Penny Siopis kam im Oktober diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in Edinburgh zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 8.320,00 (€ 9.553,67) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Für andere Arbeiten von Penny Siopis mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Heat and Dust beobachtet, die im Oktober letzten Jahres für GBP 30.240,00 (€ 35.229,27) versteigert wurde.