Bob Wilson

Einstein chair (Elément de décor pour l'opéra Einstein on the Beach)

Found at Christies, Paris
She Was a Giant Collection Bénédicte Pesle, Lot 35 A
18.Okt - 18.Okt.2018
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 EUR
Price realised: 42.500 EUR
tuyaux en zinc et bois sur un socle en métal
chaise: 240 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm. (94 ½ x 10 x 10 in.)
socle en métal: 5 x 20 x 20 cm. (2 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Réalisé en 1976.
Collection Bénédicte Pesle, Paris

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Robert Wilson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Paris in October 2018. In the She Was a Giant Collection Bénédicte Pesle auction, the work Einstein chair (Elément de décor pour l'opéra Einstein on the Beach) sold for EUR 42,500.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Robert Wilson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Civil War Act I, II, III, IV, V, 72 works sold at auction in October 2012 with the realized price of USD 56,250.00 (€ 43,409.48).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Wilson erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion She Was a Giant Collection Bénédicte Pesle wurde die Arbeit Einstein chair (Elément de décor pour l'opéra Einstein on the Beach) für EUR 42.500,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Robert Wilson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Civil War Act I, II, III, IV, V, 72 works im Oktober 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 56.250,00 (€ 43.409,48).

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