Josiah Mcelheny
Studies in the Search for Infinity
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 25.850 USD
Price realised: 25.850 USD
Description
Josiah McElheny (b. 1966)
Studies in the Search for Infinity
blown glass, display text and wood shelf
20 x 144 x 8 in. (50.8 x 365.8 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1997-1998.
Studies in the Search for Infinity
blown glass, display text and wood shelf
20 x 144 x 8 in. (50.8 x 365.8 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1997-1998.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 72 %.
The work Studies in the Search for Infinity by Josiah Mcelheny was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2001. It achieved a price of USD 25,850.00 (€ 30,573.63), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 72%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Josiah Mcelheny - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work EARLY MODERNISM MIRRORED AND REFLECTED INFINITELY, which sold at auction in May 2011 for USD 146,500.00 (€ 101,905.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 72 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Studies in the Search for Infinity von Josiah Mcelheny kam im Mai 2001 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 25.850,00 (€ 30.573,63) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 72%. Für andere Arbeiten von Josiah Mcelheny mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit EARLY MODERNISM MIRRORED AND REFLECTED INFINITELY beobachtet, die im Mai 2011 für USD 146.500,00 (€ 101.905,95) versteigert wurde.
Josiah Mcelheny - Auction history
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