Romare Bearden
The White Cat
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 315.000 USD
Price realised: 315.000 USD
Description
Property from the Estate of David Lebenbom
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
The White Cat
signed Romar (lower left)
watercolor, paper and fabric collage and graphite on Masonite
23¾ by 17¾ in.
60.3 by 45.1 cm.
Executed in 1979.
Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979
Romare Bearden
1911 - 1988
The White Cat
signed Romar (lower left)
watercolor, paper and fabric collage and graphite on Masonite
23¾ by 17¾ in.
60.3 by 45.1 cm.
Executed in 1979.
Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979
Upper estimate price exceeded by 58 %.
The work The White Cat by Romare Bearden was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2021. It achieved a price of USD 315,000.00 (€ 279,082.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 58%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Romare Bearden - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Street, which sold at auction in November 2021 for USD 1,109,000.00 (€ 982,546.29).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 58 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The White Cat von Romare Bearden kam im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 315.000,00 (€ 279.082,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 58%. Für andere Arbeiten von Romare Bearden mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Street beobachtet, die im November 2021 für USD 1.109.000,00 (€ 982.546,29) versteigert wurde.
Romare Bearden - Auction history
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