Douglas Huebler
Duration Piece #7, New York City
Found at
Phillips,
New York
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 499
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 499
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 35.280 USD
Price realised: 35.280 USD
Description
each photograph signed "Douglas Huebler" on the reverse; further signed "Douglas Huebler" lower right of project statement
typed project statement and 15 photographs
statement 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
each photograph 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm)
Executed in 1969.
Private Collection | Bonhams, San Francisco, May 22, 2007, lot 228 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
typed project statement and 15 photographs
statement 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
each photograph 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm)
Executed in 1969.
Private Collection | Bonhams, San Francisco, May 22, 2007, lot 228 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by Douglas Huebler 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 Duration Piece #7, New York City sold for USD 35,280.00 (€ 28,847.10) - well above the upper estimate of USD 18,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Douglas Huebler - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Variable Piece #101, which sold at auction in September 2016 for GBP 52,500.00 (€ 60,801.52).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Douglas Huebler 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 Duration Piece #7, New York City für USD 35.280,00 (€ 28.847,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Douglas Huebler mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Variable Piece #101 beobachtet, die im September 2016 für GBP 52.500,00 (€ 60.801,52) versteigert wurde.
Douglas Huebler - Auction history
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