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Blek Le Rat - Man Who Walks Through Walls

Blek Le Rat

Man Who Walks Through Walls

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online, Lot 53
14.Okt - 27.Okt.2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
signed and dated 'BLEK LE RATS 2007' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dedicated 'FROM FRANCE TO GREAT BRITAIN FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO USA POUR TOI JAMES LE MEILLEUR GALERISTE DU MONDE!!! Blek Le Rat' (on the reverse); stencilled Blek Le Rat (on the reverse)
spray paint on canvas
76 3/4 x 51 1/8in. (195 x 129.8cm.)
Executed in 2007
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Black Rat Press, London.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2009.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Blek le Rat achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2020. In the First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online auction, the work Man Who Walks Through Walls sold for GBP 40,000.00 (€ 44,416.59) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 18,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Blek le Rat; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Last Tango À Paris - 2016 sold at auction in November 2019 with the realized price of EUR 49,400.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Blek le Rat erzielte im Oktober 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online wurde die Arbeit Man Who Walks Through Walls für GBP 40.000,00 (€ 44.416,59) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 18.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Blek le Rat; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Last Tango À Paris - 2016 im November 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 49.400,00.

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