Craig Kauffman
Untitled
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 264.600 USD
Price realised: 264.600 USD
Description
CRAIG KAUFFMAN (1932-2010)
Untitled
incised with the artist's initials and date 'CRAIG KAUFFMAN 66' (on the reverse)
acrylic lacquer on vacuum formed Plexiglas
66 1⁄2 x 35 1⁄2 x 5 in. (168.9 x 90.2 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1966.
Untitled
incised with the artist's initials and date 'CRAIG KAUFFMAN 66' (on the reverse)
acrylic lacquer on vacuum formed Plexiglas
66 1⁄2 x 35 1⁄2 x 5 in. (168.9 x 90.2 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1966.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
This work without title by Craig Kauffman was worth USD 264,600.00 (€ 246,575.34) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 70,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Craig Kauffman; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot without title sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of USD 327,600.00 (€ 305,283.76).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit ohne Titel von Craig Kauffman war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres USD 264.600,00 (€ 246.575,34) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Craig Kauffman; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit ohne Titel im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 327.600,00 (€ 305.283,76).
Craig Kauffman - Auction history
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