Chen Zhen
Opening Of A Closed Center
Estimate: 250.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 576.000 USD
Price realised: 576.000 USD
Description
Chen Zhen
1955-2000
OPENING OF A CLOSED CENTER
wood, metal and found objects
135 7/8 by 118 1/8 by 98 3/8 in. 345.1 by 300 by 249.9 cm.
Executed in 1997.
1955-2000
OPENING OF A CLOSED CENTER
wood, metal and found objects
135 7/8 by 118 1/8 by 98 3/8 in. 345.1 by 300 by 249.9 cm.
Executed in 1997.
A top price for Chen Zhen
This artwork by Chen Zhen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2007. In the Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Opening Of A Closed Center sold for USD 576,000.00 (€ 428,157.29) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. This high result makes Opening Of A Closed Center the most expensive artwork by Chen Zhen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Chen Zhen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Chen Zhen erzielte im Mai 2007 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Opening Of A Closed Center für USD 576.000,00 (€ 428.157,29) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Opening Of A Closed Center zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Chen Zhen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Chen Zhen - Auction history
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