Gillian Wearing
Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album)
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 63.000 USD
Price realised: 63.000 USD
Description
Gillian Wearing
b. 1963
Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album)
signed (on a label on the reverse of the frame)
chromogenic print in artist's frame
41½ by 32¼ in.
105.4 by 81.9 cm.
Executed in 2003, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Maureen Paley, London, 2003 | Private Collection | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015
b. 1963
Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album)
signed (on a label on the reverse of the frame)
chromogenic print in artist's frame
41½ by 32¼ in.
105.4 by 81.9 cm.
Executed in 2003, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Maureen Paley, London, 2003 | Private Collection | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015
A top price for Gillian Wearing
This artwork by Gillian Wearing achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Contemporary Day Auction auction, the work Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album) sold for USD 63,000.00 (€ 58,708.41) - well above the upper estimate of USD 35,000.00. This high result makes Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album) the most expensive artwork by Gillian Wearing that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gillian Wearing
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gillian Wearing erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album) für USD 63.000,00 (€ 58.708,41) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 35.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (from Album) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gillian Wearing, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gillian Wearing - Auction history
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