Alex Guofeng Cao
Warhol vs. Mao, After Mapplethorpe
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Description
2009
Color coupler print, Diasec mounted.
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm).
Signed, numbered 16/18 in ink, printed title and date on a Certificate of Authenticity accompanying the work.
Acquired directly from the artist
Color coupler print, Diasec mounted.
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm).
Signed, numbered 16/18 in ink, printed title and date on a Certificate of Authenticity accompanying the work.
Acquired directly from the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Alex Guofeng Cao achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in October 2010. In the PHOTOGRAPHS auction, the work Warhol vs. Mao, After Mapplethorpe sold for USD 10,000.00 (€ 7,197.35) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alex Guofeng Cao - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Warhol Versus Mao, After Mapplethorpe, 2009, which sold at auction in October 2012 for USD 23,750.00 (€ 18,328.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alex Guofeng Cao erzielte im Oktober 2010 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion PHOTOGRAPHS wurde die Arbeit Warhol vs. Mao, After Mapplethorpe für USD 10.000,00 (€ 7.197,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Alex Guofeng Cao mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Warhol Versus Mao, After Mapplethorpe, 2009 beobachtet, die im Oktober 2012 für USD 23.750,00 (€ 18.328,45) versteigert wurde.
Alex Guofeng Cao - Auction history
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