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- Blue Lady
Romare Bearden
Blue Lady
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 138.600 USD
Price realised: 138.600 USD
Description
Property from the Estate of David Lebenbom
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
Blue Lady
signed Romare Bearden (right edge); titled (on the verso)
watercolor and graphite on paper
13½ by 9¼ in.
34.3 by 23.5 cm.
Executed in 1984.
Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
Blue Lady
signed Romare Bearden (right edge); titled (on the verso)
watercolor and graphite on paper
13½ by 9¼ in.
34.3 by 23.5 cm.
Executed in 1984.
Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Romare Bearden achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2021. In the Contemporary Day Auction auction, the work Blue Lady sold for USD 138,600.00 (€ 122,796.14) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. Admittedly, works by Romare Bearden have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Street in November 2021 with an auction result of USD 1,109,000.00 (€ 982,546.29).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Romare Bearden erzielte im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Blue Lady für USD 138.600,00 (€ 122.796,14) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Romare Bearden auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Street im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.109.000,00 (€ 982.546,29).