Dorothea Rockburne
Arena, 1978
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 40.000 USD
Price realised: 40.000 USD
Description
Dorothea Rockburne (b. 1932)
ARENA, 1978
colored pencil and varnish on vellum, mounted to ragboard; signed, titled and dated '78'
Sheet: 73 3/4 by 47 in. (187.3 by 119.4 cm.); Framed: 75 1/8 by 48 5/8 in. (190.8 by 115.9 cm.)
John Weber Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
ARENA, 1978
colored pencil and varnish on vellum, mounted to ragboard; signed, titled and dated '78'
Sheet: 73 3/4 by 47 in. (187.3 by 119.4 cm.); Framed: 75 1/8 by 48 5/8 in. (190.8 by 115.9 cm.)
John Weber Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Arena, 1978 by Dorothea Rockburne was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 40,000.00 (€ 34,417.48). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dorothea Rockburne - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Black and White, which sold at auction in November last year for USD 119,700.00 (€ 115,954.66).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Arena, 1978 von Dorothea Rockburne im September 2018 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 40.000,00 (€ 34.417,48) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Dorothea Rockburne mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Black and White beobachtet, die im November letzten Jahres für USD 119.700,00 (€ 115.954,66) versteigert wurde.
Dorothea Rockburne - Auction history
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