Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett, Black is Beautiful (Negro es bello II)
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 3.780 USD
Price realised: 3.780 USD
Description
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 - 2012
Black is Beautiful (Negro es Bello II)
signed E. Catlett and dated ‘69-01 (lower right); titled and numbered 11/100 (lower left)
lithograph in colors on paper
33½ by 27⅜ in.
85.1 by 70.5 cm.
Executed in 1969, printed in 2001; this example is number 19 of an edition of 100.
Private Collection, New York
1915 - 2012
Black is Beautiful (Negro es Bello II)
signed E. Catlett and dated ‘69-01 (lower right); titled and numbered 11/100 (lower left)
lithograph in colors on paper
33½ by 27⅜ in.
85.1 by 70.5 cm.
Executed in 1969, printed in 2001; this example is number 19 of an edition of 100.
Private Collection, New York
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Elizabeth Catlett, Black is Beautiful (Negro es bello II) by Elizabeth Catlett was sold in the Contemporary Art | New York auction at Sothebys in New York in December 2021. The price achieved of USD 3,780.00 (€ 3,339.81) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Elizabeth Catlett achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Woman Fixing Her Hair in April 2014 with an auction result of USD 149,000.00 (€ 107,426.10).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Elizabeth Catlett, Black is Beautiful (Negro es bello II) von Elizabeth Catlett wurde im Dezember 2021 in der Auktion Contemporary Art | New York bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 3.780,00 (€ 3.339,81) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Elizabeth Catlett erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Woman Fixing Her Hair im April 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 149.000,00 (€ 107.426,10).
Elizabeth Catlett - Auction history
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