Robert Colescott
Miss Liberty, 1980
Estimate: 5.000.000 - 7.000.000 USD
Price realised: 4.500.375 USD
Price realised: 4.500.375 USD
Description
ROBERT COLESCOTT (1925-2009)
Miss Liberty, 1980
signed and dated 'R Colescott 80' (lower left); signed again, titled, inscribed and dated again 'MISS LIBERTY © Robert Colescott 1980' (on the stretcher bar)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 72 in.
213.4 x 182.9 cm.
The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1984
Miss Liberty, 1980
signed and dated 'R Colescott 80' (lower left); signed again, titled, inscribed and dated again 'MISS LIBERTY © Robert Colescott 1980' (on the stretcher bar)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 72 in.
213.4 x 182.9 cm.
The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1984
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Miss Liberty, 1980 by Robert Colescott was auctioned at Bonhams in February this year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 5,000,000.00 – 7,000,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 4,500,375.00 (€ 4,244,835.88). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Colescott - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work George Washington Carver Crossing The Delaware: Page From An American History Textbook, which sold at auction in May 2021 for USD 15,315,900.00 (€ 12,560,193.54).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Miss Liberty, 1980 von Robert Colescott im Februar diesen Jahres bei Bonhams versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 5.000.000,00 – 7.000.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 4.500.375,00 (€ 4.244.835,88) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Colescott mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit George Washington Carver Crossing The Delaware: Page From An American History Textbook beobachtet, die im Mai 2021 für USD 15.315.900,00 (€ 12.560.193,54) versteigert wurde.
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