Guy de Cointet
Because the Cloud is Dark Which Lit Up the Night
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.710 GBP
Price realised: 10.710 GBP
Description
titled and indistinctively inscribed 'Because the cloud is dark which lit up the night; whoever lrn...' lower left; signed and dated 'Guy de Cointet, 77' lower right
ink and graphite on Arches paper
65 x 102 cm (25 5/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1977.
ink and graphite on Arches paper
65 x 102 cm (25 5/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1977.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.
The work Because the Cloud is Dark Which Lit Up the Night by Guy de Cointet was auctioned at Phillips in London in July 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 10,710.00 (€ 12,559.70), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 34%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Guy de Cointet - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Note from Ethiopia, which sold at auction in September last year for USD 32,760.00 (€ 33,486.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 34 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Because the Cloud is Dark Which Lit Up the Night von Guy de Cointet kam im Juli 2021 bei Phillips in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 10.710,00 (€ 12.559,70) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 34%. Für andere Arbeiten von Guy de Cointet mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Note from Ethiopia beobachtet, die im September letzten Jahres für USD 32.760,00 (€ 33.486,66) versteigert wurde.
Guy de Cointet - Auction history
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