Carlos Alfonzo
Water Seeds
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 350.000 USD
Price realised: 350.000 USD
Description
signed 'ALFONZO' (right panel, lower right), also signed, titled and dated 'ALFONZO, WATER SEEDS, 1988-89' (center and right panels, on the reverse)
oil on canvas
56 3/8 x 80 7/8 in. (143.2 x 205.4 cm.) each panel, 56 3/8 x 242 5/8 in. (143.2 x 616.3 cm.) overall
Painted in 1988-89.
Triptych.
Acquired directly from the artist.
oil on canvas
56 3/8 x 80 7/8 in. (143.2 x 205.4 cm.) each panel, 56 3/8 x 242 5/8 in. (143.2 x 616.3 cm.) overall
Painted in 1988-89.
Triptych.
Acquired directly from the artist.
A top price for Carlos Alfonzo
This artwork by Carlos Alfonzo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2019. In the Latin American Art auction, the work Water Seeds sold for USD 350,000.00 (€ 313,929.50) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Water Seeds the most expensive artwork by Carlos Alfonzo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Carlos Alfonzo
Dieses Kunstwerk von Carlos Alfonzo erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Art wurde die Arbeit Water Seeds für USD 350.000,00 (€ 313.929,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Water Seeds zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Carlos Alfonzo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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