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David Bowie - D-Head IX

David Bowie

D-Head IX

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
First Open Online: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Lot 40
06.Dez - 12.Dez.2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'DB 95' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
9 ½ x 7 ½ in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm.)
Painted in 1995.
Galerie Blaise Thorens, Basel | Private collection, Lausanne | Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 5 April 2007, lot 967 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

A top price for David Bowie

When the work D-Head IX by David Bowie was auctioned at Christies in New York in December 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 27,500.00 (€ 24,004.89). This high result makes D-Head IX the most expensive artwork by David Bowie that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für David Bowie

Als die Arbeit D-Head IX von David Bowie im Dezember 2018 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 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 27.500,00 (€ 24.004,89) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht D-Head IX zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von David Bowie, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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