Isamu Noguchi
Garden Elements
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 73 B
17.Mai - 17.Mai.2017
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 73 B
17.Mai - 17.Mai.2017
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 4.727.500 USD
Price realised: 4.727.500 USD
Description
two elements—Mannari granite
larger element: 102 x 27 x 12 1/2 in. (259 x 68.5 x 31.7 cm.)
smaller element: 36 x 66 1/2 x 8 in. (91.4 x 168.9 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Stable Gallery, New York | New School for Social Research, New York, circa 1960 | Pace Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1990
larger element: 102 x 27 x 12 1/2 in. (259 x 68.5 x 31.7 cm.)
smaller element: 36 x 66 1/2 x 8 in. (91.4 x 168.9 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Stable Gallery, New York | New School for Social Research, New York, circa 1960 | Pace Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1990
A top price for Isamu Noguchi
When the work Garden Elements by Isamu Noguchi was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,500,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 4,727,500.00 (€ 4,207,458.17). This high result makes Garden Elements the most expensive artwork by Isamu Noguchi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Isamu Noguchi
Als die Arbeit Garden Elements von Isamu Noguchi im Mai 2017 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.500.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 4.727.500,00 (€ 4.207.458,17) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Garden Elements zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Isamu Noguchi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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