Carrie Mae Weems
From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 241
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 241
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 206.500 USD
Price realised: 206.500 USD
Description
CARRIE MAE WEEMS (B. 1953)
From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried
34 chromogenic color prints framed with etched glass
28 elements: 26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm.); 4 elements: 22 x 26¾ in. (55.8 x 67.9 cm.); 2 elements: 43 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (110.4 x 85 cm.)
Executed in 1994-1995. This work is number two from an edition of two. (34)
From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried
34 chromogenic color prints framed with etched glass
28 elements: 26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm.); 4 elements: 22 x 26¾ in. (55.8 x 67.9 cm.); 2 elements: 43 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (110.4 x 85 cm.)
Executed in 1994-1995. This work is number two from an edition of two. (34)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 72 %.
The work From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried by Carrie Mae Weems was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection auction at Christies in New York in November 2011. It achieved a price of USD 206,500.00 (€ 153,497.36), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 72%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Carrie Mae Weems; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Kitchen Table Series sold at auction in November 2019 with the realized price of USD 237,500.00 (€ 215,536.80).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 72 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried von Carrie Mae Weems wurde im November 2011 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Session I including Works from the Peter Norton Collection bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 206.500,00 (€ 153.497,36) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 72%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Carrie Mae Weems; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Kitchen Table Series im November 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 237.500,00 (€ 215.536,80).
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