Robert Goodnough
Uplift
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, Lot 238
11.Jul - 20.Jul.2017
First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, Lot 238
11.Jul - 20.Jul.2017
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
signed 'Goodnough' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated '"UPLIFT" Goodnough 1983' (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
65 ⅞ x 107 ¾ in. (167.3 x 273.7 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Fontana Gallery, Bala Cynwyd | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
acrylic, oil and charcoal on canvas
65 ⅞ x 107 ¾ in. (167.3 x 273.7 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Fontana Gallery, Bala Cynwyd | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Robert Arthur Goodnough achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in July 2017. In the First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art auction, the work Uplift sold for USD 18,750.00 (€ 15,854.90) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Arthur Goodnough - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Circle with Red, which sold at auction in May 2018 for USD 52,500.00 (€ 44,987.15).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Arthur Goodnough erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Uplift für USD 18.750,00 (€ 15.854,90) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Arthur Goodnough mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Circle with Red beobachtet, die im Mai 2018 für USD 52.500,00 (€ 44.987,15) versteigert wurde.