Alex Guofeng Cao
Marilyn versus JFK, 2009
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
ALEX GUOFENG CAO (B. 1969)
Marilyn versus JFK, 2009
chromogenic print, face-mounted on Plexiglas and flush-mounted on Sintra
signed, dated and numbered 'AP 1/3' in ink on an artist label affixed (on the reverse of the flush-mount); one from the edition of 5 plus 3 artist's proofs
image/flush-mount: 108 x 72in. (274.3 x 182.8cm.)
Marilyn versus JFK, 2009
chromogenic print, face-mounted on Plexiglas and flush-mounted on Sintra
signed, dated and numbered 'AP 1/3' in ink on an artist label affixed (on the reverse of the flush-mount); one from the edition of 5 plus 3 artist's proofs
image/flush-mount: 108 x 72in. (274.3 x 182.8cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Alex Guofeng Cao achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2012. In the Photographs auction, the work Marilyn versus JFK, 2009 sold for USD 21,250.00 (€ 16,063.19) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Alex Guofeng Cao; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Warhol Versus Mao, After Mapplethorpe, 2009 sold at auction in October 2012 with the realized price of USD 23,750.00 (€ 18,328.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alex Guofeng Cao erzielte im April 2012 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Marilyn versus JFK, 2009 für USD 21.250,00 (€ 16.063,19) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Alex Guofeng Cao; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Warhol Versus Mao, After Mapplethorpe, 2009 im Oktober 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 23.750,00 (€ 18.328,45).
Alex Guofeng Cao - Auction history
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