Duane Michals

The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986

Found at Christies, London
Photographs, Lot 89
2. Nov - 2. Nov 2011
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
DUANE MICHALS (b. 1932)
The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986
gelatin silver print, mounted on card
signed, titled, numbered and inscribed 'I think it must be there/Where the torso sits on and into the hips/Those twin delineating curves Feminine in grace, girdling the trunk/Guiding the eye downwards/To their intersection/the point of pleasure' in ink (in the margin, recto).
image 4¾ x 7¼in. (12.1 x 18.4cm.)
sheet 11 x 13½in. (27.9 x 34.3cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.

The work The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986 by Duane Michals was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2011. It achieved a price of GBP 7,500.00 (€ 8,755.48), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Duane Michals - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'Portrait Of Andy Warhol', which sold at auction in April 2015 for USD 35,000.00 (€ 31,356.39).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, 1986 von Duane Michals kam im November 2011 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 7.500,00 (€ 8.755,48) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Für andere Arbeiten von Duane Michals mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'Portrait Of Andy Warhol' beobachtet, die im April 2015 für USD 35.000,00 (€ 31.356,39) versteigert wurde.

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