Cy Twombly
Untitled (Rome)
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 819.000 USD
Price realised: 819.000 USD
Description
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled (Rome)
white lead and lead pencil on panel
7 x 9 3⁄8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm.)
Painted in 1957.
Untitled (Rome)
white lead and lead pencil on panel
7 x 9 3⁄8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm.)
Painted in 1957.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Untitled (Rome) by Cy Twombly was auctioned at Christies in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 819,000.00 (€ 763,209.39). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Cy Twombly achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled (New York City) in November 2015 with an auction result of USD 70,530,000.00 (€ 66,777,125.54).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Untitled (Rome) von Cy Twombly im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 819.000,00 (€ 763.209,39) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Cy Twombly erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled (New York City) im November 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 70.530.000,00 (€ 66.777.125,54).
Cy Twombly - Auction history
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