Emily Carr在多伦多拍卖会上 以50美元的价钱买的画 卖了290,000美元
Emily Carr painting bought for $50 sells for $290,000 at Toronto auction.
Emily Carr的画,“Masset,Q. C. I.”,在纽约谷仓销售中以50美元购买,在多伦多拍卖会上以290,000美元销售。
An Emily Carr painting, "Masset, Q.C.I.," bought for $50 at a New York barn sale, sold for $290,000 at a Toronto auction.
1912年的绘画描绘了不列颠哥伦比亚省图腾柱上雕刻的灰熊,是卡尔为记录第一民族的艺术所作努力的一部分。
The 1912 painting depicts a carved grizzly bear on a totem pole in British Columbia and was part of Carr's efforts to document First Nations art.
这幅画被认为是在1930年代送给卡尔的朋友的礼物, 超过其预售估计的100 000美元至200 000美元。
Believed to have been a gift to Carr's friend in the 1930s, the painting exceeded its presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000.