Chris Burden
#2 Prototype (from When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory), 1999
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 33
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2020
Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 33
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Chris Burden (American, 1946-2015)
#2 Prototype (from When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory), 1999
inscribed 2 (on the wing)
coloured paper, balsa wood, plastic and wire
16.5 x 25 x 25 cm.
6 1/2 x 9 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.
Private Collection, UK (a gift from the artist in 1999)
#2 Prototype (from When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory), 1999
inscribed 2 (on the wing)
coloured paper, balsa wood, plastic and wire
16.5 x 25 x 25 cm.
6 1/2 x 9 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.
Private Collection, UK (a gift from the artist in 1999)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work #2 Prototype (from When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory), 1999 by Chris Burden was auctioned at Bonhams in London in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 12,112.50 (€ 13,530.74). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Chris Burden achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Warship in May 2016 with an auction result of USD 502,000.00 (€ 450,830.71).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit #2 Prototype (from When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory), 1999 von Chris Burden im Dezember 2020 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 12.112,50 (€ 13.530,74) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Chris Burden erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Warship im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 502.000,00 (€ 450.830,71).
Chris Burden - Auction history
