John Sex
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1085
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1085
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Estimate: 600 - 800 USD
Price realised: 2.394 USD
Price realised: 2.394 USD
Description
THIS LOT IS BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
JOHN SEX
1956 - 1990
UNTITLED
silkscreen and spray paint on paper
23 by 17½ in. (58.4 by 44.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1980.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (acquired directly from the artist) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
JOHN SEX
1956 - 1990
UNTITLED
silkscreen and spray paint on paper
23 by 17½ in. (58.4 by 44.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1980.
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (acquired directly from the artist) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by John Sex achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2020. In the Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring auction, the work without title sold for USD 2,394.00 (€ 2,055.46) - well above the upper estimate of USD 800.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by John Sex; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Art Through The Mail sold at auction in October 2020 with the realized price of USD 4,410.00 (€ 3,786.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Sex erzielte im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 2.394,00 (€ 2.055,46) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von John Sex; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Art Through The Mail im Oktober 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 4.410,00 (€ 3.786,38).
John Sex - Auction history
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