Austin Lee
Drowning
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Price realised: 75.600 USD
Description
Austin Lee
b. 1983
Drowning
signed A lee and dated 2017 (on the overlap)
airbrush and acrylic on canvas
48 by 84 in.
122 by 213.4 cm.
Executed in 2017.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Benefit Auction, 27 July 2017 (donated by the artist) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1983
Drowning
signed A lee and dated 2017 (on the overlap)
airbrush and acrylic on canvas
48 by 84 in.
122 by 213.4 cm.
Executed in 2017.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Benefit Auction, 27 July 2017 (donated by the artist) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Austin Lee
This artwork by Austin Lee achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2021. In the Contemporary Day Auction auction, the work Drowning sold for USD 75,600.00 (€ 66,979.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Drowning the most expensive artwork by Austin Lee that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Austin Lee
Dieses Kunstwerk von Austin Lee erzielte im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Drowning für USD 75.600,00 (€ 66.979,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Drowning zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Austin Lee, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Austin Lee - Auction history
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