John Coplans
'Self Portrait: Crossed Fingers' (Nos. 1-7)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
TO LIVE WITH ART: Property from the Jerome & Ellen Stern Collection, Lot 13
5. Mar - 5. Mar 2018
TO LIVE WITH ART: Property from the Jerome & Ellen Stern Collection, Lot 13
5. Mar - 5. Mar 2018
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 13.750 USD
Price realised: 13.750 USD
Description
John Coplans
1920 - 2003
'SELF PORTRAIT: CROSSED FINGERS' (NOS. 1-7)
each: signed, titled, dated 1999, numbered sequentially No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4, V, No 6, and No 7, respectively, and all but V editioned 2/12 in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, label on the reverse
a sequence of 7 gelatin silver prints
each image approximately: 18 by 22 in. 45.7 by 55.9 cm.
Executed in 1999, all but V are number 2 from an edition of 12.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
1920 - 2003
'SELF PORTRAIT: CROSSED FINGERS' (NOS. 1-7)
each: signed, titled, dated 1999, numbered sequentially No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4, V, No 6, and No 7, respectively, and all but V editioned 2/12 in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, label on the reverse
a sequence of 7 gelatin silver prints
each image approximately: 18 by 22 in. 45.7 by 55.9 cm.
Executed in 1999, all but V are number 2 from an edition of 12.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by John Coplans achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2018. In the TO LIVE WITH ART: Property from the Jerome & Ellen Stern Collection auction, the work 'Self Portrait: Crossed Fingers' (Nos. 1-7) sold for USD 13,750.00 (€ 11,160.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Coplans - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'Self-Portrait, Frieze No. 4, 3 Panels', which sold at auction in March 2018 for USD 32,500.00 (€ 26,379.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Coplans erzielte im März 2018 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion TO LIVE WITH ART: Property from the Jerome & Ellen Stern Collection wurde die Arbeit 'Self Portrait: Crossed Fingers' (Nos. 1-7) für USD 13.750,00 (€ 11.160,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Coplans mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'Self-Portrait, Frieze No. 4, 3 Panels' beobachtet, die im März 2018 für USD 32.500,00 (€ 26.379,87) versteigert wurde.
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