Isabel de Obaldía

Besia roja (Red Beast)

Found at Christies, New York
Latin American Art, Lot 228
29. May - 30. May 2013
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Isabel de Obaldía (Panamanian b. 1957)
Besia roja (Red Beast)
signed and dated 'de Obaldia 96' (underneath)
cast glass, engraved with diamon wheels
7½ x 8½ x 13½ in. (19.1 x 21.6 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1996.
Unique.

Sold at the lower estimate price

The work Besia roja (Red Beast) by Isabel de Obaldía was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2013. The result of USD 10,000.00 (€ 7,699.41) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Other works by Isabel de Obaldía have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2011 the work Ojos arenados was auctioned for USD 17,500.00 (€ 12,173.07).

Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis

Die Arbeit Besia roja (Red Beast) von Isabel de Obaldía kam im Mai 2013 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 10.000,00 (€ 7.699,41) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Isabel de Obaldía konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2011 die Arbeit Ojos arenados für USD 17.500,00 (€ 12.173,07) versteigert.

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