Jenny Saville

Shift

Found at Sothebys, London
Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 25
28. Jun - 28. Jun 2016
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.813.000 GBP
Jenny Saville
B. 1970
SHIFT
signed and dated 96-97 on the reverse 
oil on canvas
330.2 by 330.2 cm. 130 by 130 in.
Saatchi Collection, London | Gagosian Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Shift by Jenny Saville was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 6,813,000.00 (€ 8,177,823.24). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Jenny Saville; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Propped sold at auction in October 2018 with the realized price of GBP 9,537,250.00 (€ 10,755,075.69).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Shift von Jenny Saville im Juni 2016 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 6.813.000,00 (€ 8.177.823,24) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Jenny Saville; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Propped im Oktober 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 9.537.250,00 (€ 10.755.075,69).

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