Derek Fordjour
Ornithologist
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 107 A
13. May - 13. May 2022
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 107 A
13. May - 13. May 2022
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 945.000 USD
Price realised: 945.000 USD
Description
DEREK FORDJOUR (B.1974)
Ornithologist
acrylic, charcoal, oil pastel, cardboard and foil on newspaper mounted on canvas
85 x 65 in. (215.9 x 165.1 cm.)
Executed in 2022.
Ornithologist
acrylic, charcoal, oil pastel, cardboard and foil on newspaper mounted on canvas
85 x 65 in. (215.9 x 165.1 cm.)
Executed in 2022.
A top price for Derek Fordjour
When the work Ornithologist by Derek Fordjour 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 945,000.00 (€ 880,626.22). This high result makes Ornithologist the most expensive artwork by Derek Fordjour that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Derek Fordjour
Als die Arbeit Ornithologist von Derek Fordjour 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 945.000,00 (€ 880.626,22) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Ornithologist zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Derek Fordjour, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Derek Fordjour - Auction history
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