Fiona Banner
Beagle Punctuation
Found at
Christies,
London
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, Lot 119
12. Feb - 12. Feb 2015
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, Lot 119
12. Feb - 12. Feb 2015
Estimate: 12.000 - 16.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
Description
signed with the artist’s initials, titled and dated ‘Beagle Punctuation 2013 F.B.’ (lower right)
neon bent by artist, wire, paper template and transformer in artist’s Perspex frame
28 ¾ x 20 7/8 x 5 7/8in. (73 x 53 x 15cm.)
Executed in 2013, this work is unique
Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Fiona Banner and Frith Street Gallery, London.
neon bent by artist, wire, paper template and transformer in artist’s Perspex frame
28 ¾ x 20 7/8 x 5 7/8in. (73 x 53 x 15cm.)
Executed in 2013, this work is unique
Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Fiona Banner and Frith Street Gallery, London.
A top price for Fiona Banner
In February 2015 Christies in London held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, which included the work Beagle Punctuation by Fiona Banner. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 20,000.00 (€ 27,577.03), 25% above the upper estimate. With this result, Beagle Punctuation is even the most expensive work of art by Fiona Banner that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Fiona Banner
Im Februar 2015 führte Christies in London die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction durch, in der auch die Arbeit Beagle Punctuation von Fiona Banner zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 20.000,00 (€ 27.577,03) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Beagle Punctuation sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Fiona Banner, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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