Alex Prager

Crowd #2 (Emma)

Found at Phillips, New York
Photographs Day Sale, Lot 273
2. Apr - 2. Apr 2015
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
2012
Archival pigment print.
36 x 49 1/2 in. (91.4 x 125.7 cm)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/6 in ink on a label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount.
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

A top price for Alex Prager

This artwork by Alex Prager achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in April 2015. In the Photographs Day Sale auction, the work Crowd #2 (Emma) sold for USD 75,000.00 (€ 67,192.26) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Crowd #2 (Emma) the most expensive artwork by Alex Prager that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Alex Prager

Dieses Kunstwerk von Alex Prager erzielte im April 2015 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Crowd #2 (Emma) für USD 75.000,00 (€ 67.192,26) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Crowd #2 (Emma) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alex Prager, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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