Dawoud Bey
Monique II
Found at
Phillips,
New York
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 514
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 514
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 26.460 USD
Price realised: 26.460 USD
Description
signed "Dawoud Bey" on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board of the left image
Polacolor ER print, triptych
each 29 x 22 in. (73.7 x 55.9 cm)
overall 29 x 66 in. (73.7 x 167.6 cm)
Executed in 1999, this work is unique.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago | Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Polacolor ER print, triptych
each 29 x 22 in. (73.7 x 55.9 cm)
overall 29 x 66 in. (73.7 x 167.6 cm)
Executed in 1999, this work is unique.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago | Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Dawoud Bey achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in December 2020. In the 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session auction, the work Monique II sold for USD 26,460.00 (€ 21,635.32) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dawoud Bey - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky) from Night Coming Tenderly, Black, which sold at auction in October this year for USD 50,800.00 (€ 48,069.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Dawoud Bey erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session wurde die Arbeit Monique II für USD 26.460,00 (€ 21.635,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Dawoud Bey mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky) from Night Coming Tenderly, Black beobachtet, die im Oktober diesen Jahres für USD 50.800,00 (€ 48.069,64) versteigert wurde.
Dawoud Bey - Auction history
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