Christopher Brown
Forty Flakes
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Online, Lot 599
06.Dez - 13.Dez.2018
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Online, Lot 599
06.Dez - 13.Dez.2018
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 5.625 USD
Price realised: 5.625 USD
Description
etching and aquatint in colors, on Somerset Textured paper, 1991, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 25/50 (there were also ten artist's proofs), published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco, with their blindstamp
Image: 29⅞ x 29⅞ in. (759 x 759 mm.)
Sheet: 41¾ x 41¼ in. (1061 x 1048 mm.)
Image: 29⅞ x 29⅞ in. (759 x 759 mm.)
Sheet: 41¾ x 41¼ in. (1061 x 1048 mm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Christopher Brown achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2018. In the Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Online auction, the work Forty Flakes sold for USD 5,625.00 (€ 4,910.09) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Christopher Brown have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Film Study in September 2007 with an auction result of USD 46,000.00 (€ 32,351.08).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Christopher Brown erzielte im Dezember 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Online wurde die Arbeit Forty Flakes für USD 5.625,00 (€ 4.910,09) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Christopher Brown auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Film Study im September 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 46.000,00 (€ 32.351,08).
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