David Lachapelle
Courtney Love: Pieta, 2006
Found at
Christies,
London
Photographs, Lot 21
20. May - 20. May 2016
Photographs, Lot 21
20. May - 20. May 2016
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
chromogenic print, flush-mounted on aluminium
signed in ink, titled, dated and numbered '1/10' on affixed typed photographer's credit label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 22 7/8 x 18 in. (58 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is number 1 from the edition of 10.
signed in ink, titled, dated and numbered '1/10' on affixed typed photographer's credit label (frame backing board)
image/sheet/flush mount: 22 7/8 x 18 in. (58 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is number 1 from the edition of 10.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by David LaChapelle achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2016. In the Photographs auction, the work Courtney Love: Pieta, 2006 sold for GBP 12,500.00 (€ 16,311.18) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David LaChapelle - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Addicted to Diamonds, 1997, which sold at auction in May 2016 for GBP 27,500.00 (€ 35,884.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von David LaChapelle erzielte im Mai 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Courtney Love: Pieta, 2006 für GBP 12.500,00 (€ 16.311,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von David LaChapelle mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Addicted to Diamonds, 1997 beobachtet, die im Mai 2016 für GBP 27.500,00 (€ 35.884,60) versteigert wurde.
David LaChapelle - Auction history
