Ben Sledsens
Throwing Dice
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 504.000 GBP
Price realised: 504.000 GBP
Description
BEN SLEDSENS (B. 1991)
Throwing Dice
signed with the artist's initials 'B.S.' (lower right); signed, titled and dated '2016 BEN SLEDSENS "THROWING DICE"' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
78 3/4 x 74 3/4in. (210.2 x 190cm.)
Executed in 2016
Throwing Dice
signed with the artist's initials 'B.S.' (lower right); signed, titled and dated '2016 BEN SLEDSENS "THROWING DICE"' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
78 3/4 x 74 3/4in. (210.2 x 190cm.)
Executed in 2016
A top price for Ben Sledsens
The work Throwing Dice by Ben Sledsens was worth GBP 504,000.00 (€ 586,569.23) to a buyer in June this year. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Throwing Dice the most expensive artwork by Ben Sledsens that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ben Sledsens
Die Arbeit Throwing Dice von Ben Sledsens war einem Käufer im Juni diesen Jahres GBP 504.000,00 (€ 586.569,23) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Throwing Dice zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ben Sledsens, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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