Hannah Wilke
S.O.S. Starification Object Series
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 708.500 USD
Price realised: 708.500 USD
Description
signed, numbered and dated 'AP 1 Hannah Wilke 1974' (on the reverse of each sheet)
gelatin silver print mounted on photographic paper, in twenty-eight parts
each: 6 ¾ x 4 ½ in. (17.1 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed in 1974, printed in 1979. This work is an artist's proof.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
gelatin silver print mounted on photographic paper, in twenty-eight parts
each: 6 ¾ x 4 ½ in. (17.1 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed in 1974, printed in 1979. This work is an artist's proof.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
A top price for Hannah Wilke
The work S.O.S. Starification Object Series by Hannah Wilke was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art auction at Christies in New York in September 2017. It achieved a price of USD 708,500.00 (€ 599,762.97), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 42%. With this result, S.O.S. Starification Object Series is even the most expensive work of art by Hannah Wilke that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hannah Wilke
Die Arbeit S.O.S. Starification Object Series von Hannah Wilke wurde im September 2017 in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 708.500,00 (€ 599.762,97) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 42%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist S.O.S. Starification Object Series sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Hannah Wilke, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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