Alexis Rockman
Cataclysm
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints, Lot 553
16.Okt - 24.Okt.2018
The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints, Lot 553
16.Okt - 24.Okt.2018
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 10.625 USD
Price realised: 10.625 USD
Description
signed 'Rockman' (on the reverse)
acrylic and oil on panel
48 x 40 ⅛ in. (121.9 x 101.9 cm.)
Painted in 2003.
Gorney Bravin + Lee Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003
acrylic and oil on panel
48 x 40 ⅛ in. (121.9 x 101.9 cm.)
Painted in 2003.
Gorney Bravin + Lee Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Alexis Rockman achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2018. In the The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints auction, the work Cataclysm sold for USD 10,625.00 (€ 9,376.10) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alexis Rockman - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Hot House, which sold at auction in October 2007 for GBP 24,000.00 (€ 34,465.58).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexis Rockman erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints wurde die Arbeit Cataclysm für USD 10.625,00 (€ 9.376,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Alexis Rockman mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Hot House beobachtet, die im Oktober 2007 für GBP 24.000,00 (€ 34.465,58) versteigert wurde.
Alexis Rockman - Auction history
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