Richard Pousette-Dart
Blood Wedding
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale, Lot 6 B
10. Nov - 10. Nov 2015
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale, Lot 6 B
10. Nov - 10. Nov 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
diptych—oil on canvas
overall: 77 x 112 3/4 in. (195.6 x 286.4 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York | Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, 1961 | Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, lot 4 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
overall: 77 x 112 3/4 in. (195.6 x 286.4 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York | Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, 1961 | Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, lot 4 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
A top price for Richard Pousette-Dart
The work Blood Wedding by Richard Pousette-Dart was worth USD 2,629,000.00 (€ 2,489,111.91) to a buyer in November 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 800,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Blood Wedding the most expensive artwork by Richard Pousette-Dart that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Richard Pousette-Dart
Die Arbeit Blood Wedding von Richard Pousette-Dart war einem Käufer im November 2015 USD 2.629.000,00 (€ 2.489.111,91) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Blood Wedding zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Richard Pousette-Dart, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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