Elizabeth Catlett
Woman Fixing Her Hair
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 149.000 USD
Price realised: 149.000 USD
Description
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 - 2012
WOMAN FIXING HER HAIR
inscribed EC (on the reverse of the base)
terracotta, with overall patina and painted eyes
Height: 18 inches
(45.7 cm)
Private Collection, Mexico City | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1915 - 2012
WOMAN FIXING HER HAIR
inscribed EC (on the reverse of the base)
terracotta, with overall patina and painted eyes
Height: 18 inches
(45.7 cm)
Private Collection, Mexico City | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Elizabeth Catlett
This artwork by Elizabeth Catlett achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2014. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work Woman Fixing Her Hair sold for USD 149,000.00 (€ 107,426.10) - well above the upper estimate of USD 80,000.00. This high result makes Woman Fixing Her Hair the most expensive artwork by Elizabeth Catlett that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Elizabeth Catlett
Dieses Kunstwerk von Elizabeth Catlett erzielte im April 2014 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Woman Fixing Her Hair für USD 149.000,00 (€ 107.426,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Woman Fixing Her Hair zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Elizabeth Catlett, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Elizabeth Catlett - Auction history
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