Barbara Kasten

'Construct Lb/5'

Found at Sothebys, New York
Postwar and Contemporary Photographs, Lot 65
28. Sep - 28. Sep 2017
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.750 USD
Barbara Kasten
B. 1936
'CONSTRUCT LB/5'
unique Polaroid Polacolor print, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '5/10' in ink in the margin, framed, 1982 (Barbara Kasten: Stages, p. 121)
9 1/2  by 7 1/2  in. (24.1 by 19.1 cm.)
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, 2006

Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.

This artwork by Barbara Kasten achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in September 2017. In the Postwar and Contemporary Photographs auction, the work 'Construct Lb/5' sold for USD 8,750.00 (€ 7,407.09) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Barbara Kasten; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Double Negative 6 sold at auction in March 2019 with the realized price of USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,132.88).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Barbara Kasten erzielte im September 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Postwar and Contemporary Photographs wurde die Arbeit 'Construct Lb/5' für USD 8.750,00 (€ 7.407,09) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Barbara Kasten; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Double Negative 6 im März 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.132,88).

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