Charles Freger

Water Polo Players

Found at Phillips, London
Photographs, Lot 86
3. Nov - 3. Nov 2011
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
2000
Twelve colour coupler prints, printed 2005 and each flush-mounted.
Each image: 76.3 x 57.9 cm (30 x 22 3/4 in); overall approximately 312.5 x 344 cm (123 x 135 3/8 in).
Each signed in ink, printed title, date and number on a label affixed to the reverse of the frame. One from an edition of 5.
Private Collection, UK

A top price for Charles Fréger - as previously expected

The work Water Polo Players by Charles Fréger was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in London in November 2011. It changed hands for a price of GBP 8,750.00 (€ 10,214.73) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 7,000.00 – 9,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Water Polo Players is the most expensive artwork by Charles Fréger that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Die Arbeit Water Polo Players von Charles Fréger wurde im November 2011 in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 10.214,73) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 7.000,00 – 9.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Water Polo Players das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charles Fréger, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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