Joseph Cornell

Medici Slot Machine

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale, Lot 7
13. May - 13. May 2014
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 7.781.000 USD
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Medici Slot Machine
wood box construction--wood, printed paper, collage, glass, metal, mirror and marbles
14 x 11¼ x 4 in. (35.5 x 28.5 x 10.1 cm.)
Executed in 1943.

A top price for Joseph Cornell

This artwork by Joseph Cornell achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2014. In the Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale auction, the work Medici Slot Machine sold for USD 7,781,000.00 (€ 5,704,545.45) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,500,000.00. This high result makes Medici Slot Machine the most expensive artwork by Joseph Cornell that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Joseph Cornell

Dieses Kunstwerk von Joseph Cornell erzielte im Mai 2014 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Medici Slot Machine für USD 7.781.000,00 (€ 5.704.545,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Medici Slot Machine zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Joseph Cornell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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