Alexis Hunter
A Young Polynesian Considers Cultural Imperialism Before She Goes to the Disco
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Alexis Hunter 1981' (lower right of third panel)
colour Xerox print, in twelve parts, in three artist's frames
each image: 7 x 9 7/8in. (17.8 x 25cm.)
each panel: 43 1/8 x 18 ½in. (109.4 x 47.1cm.)
Executed in 1981
A radical and provocative artist fighting for social change, Alexis Hunter was featured in multiple exhibitions on feminist art curated in the 1980s by the famous art critic Lucy Lippard, alongside artists such as Jenny Holzer and Mary Kelly. A Young Polynesian Considers Cultural Imperialism Before She Goes to the Disco is a photographic narrative sequence, the most iconic of Hunter’s output. Over a series of twelve closely-cropped vignettes, the artist portrays a young woman trying on jewelle
Please note this lot is the property of a private collector
Edward Totah Gallery, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
colour Xerox print, in twelve parts, in three artist's frames
each image: 7 x 9 7/8in. (17.8 x 25cm.)
each panel: 43 1/8 x 18 ½in. (109.4 x 47.1cm.)
Executed in 1981
A radical and provocative artist fighting for social change, Alexis Hunter was featured in multiple exhibitions on feminist art curated in the 1980s by the famous art critic Lucy Lippard, alongside artists such as Jenny Holzer and Mary Kelly. A Young Polynesian Considers Cultural Imperialism Before She Goes to the Disco is a photographic narrative sequence, the most iconic of Hunter’s output. Over a series of twelve closely-cropped vignettes, the artist portrays a young woman trying on jewelle
Please note this lot is the property of a private collector
Edward Totah Gallery, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Alexis Hunter could be acquired at Christies in London in September 2017 for an unexpectedly low price. In the on paper | online auction, the work A Young Polynesian Considers Cultural Imperialism Before She Goes to the Disco changed hands for GBP 2,500.00 (€ 2,836.28) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Alexis Hunter have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Sexual Rapport: Yes/No/Maybe in April 2013 with an auction result of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 11,800.58).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexis Hunter konnte im September 2017 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion on paper | online wechselte die Arbeit A Young Polynesian Considers Cultural Imperialism Before She Goes to the Disco für GBP 2.500,00 (€ 2.836,28) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alexis Hunter auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Sexual Rapport: Yes/No/Maybe im April 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 11.800,58).
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