Juliao Sarmento

Emma 4

Found at Christies, London
Post War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 223
5. Feb - 5. Feb 2004
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.190 GBP
Juliao Sarmento (b. 1948)
Emma 4
signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated 'Juliao Sarmento Cabriz 1990/91 #892 Emma 4' (on the reverse)
acrylic, graphite, paper and sand on canvas
74½ x 86 5/8in. (189.5 x 220cm.)
Executed in 1990-91

A top price for Julião Sarmento

This artwork by Julião Sarmento achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2004. In the Post War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Emma 4 sold for GBP 50,190.00 (€ 74,936.04) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. This high result makes Emma 4 the most expensive artwork by Julião Sarmento that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Julião Sarmento

Dieses Kunstwerk von Julião Sarmento erzielte im Februar 2004 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Emma 4 für GBP 50.190,00 (€ 74.936,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Emma 4 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Julião Sarmento, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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