Alan Bean

"My Brother, Jim Irwin", Copyright Date 1993, Completed 1999

Found at Sothebys, New York
Space Exploration, Lot 16
29. Nov - 29. Nov 2018
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Bean, Alan
"MY BROTHER, JIM IRWIN", COPYRIGHT DATE 1993, COMPLETED 1999
Acrylic over modeling medium on aircraft plywood, 18 by 14 ¼ inches, signed "Alan Bean © '93" lower right, modeling medium texturized with a moon boot and Bean's flown geology hammer, with tiny FLOWN bits of the Apollo 12 spacecraft (heatshield and gold kapton foil) and small piece of one of Bean's flown emblems embedded with traces of moondust mixed into the medium. Three labels affixed to frame verso with information and care instructions f

A top price for Alan Bean - as previously expected

The work "My Brother, Jim Irwin", Copyright Date 1993, Completed 1999 by Alan Bean was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2018. The price achieved of USD 37,500.00 (€ 33,118.43) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 30,000.00 – 50,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, "My Brother, Jim Irwin", Copyright Date 1993, Completed 1999 is the most expensive artwork by Alan Bean that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Die Arbeit "My Brother, Jim Irwin", Copyright Date 1993, Completed 1999 von Alan Bean kam im November 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 37.500,00 (€ 33.118,43) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 30.000,00 – 50.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist "My Brother, Jim Irwin", Copyright Date 1993, Completed 1999 das teuerste Kunstwerk von Alan Bean, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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