KAWS
GRRR!
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot Ο ◆28
14. Nov - 14. Nov 2019
20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot Ο ◆28
14. Nov - 14. Nov 2019
Estimate: 1.800.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Price realised: 2.180.000 USD
Price realised: 2.180.000 USD
Description
signed and dated "KAWS..08" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
68 1/8 x 68 in. (173 x 172.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.
Gering & López Gallery, New York | Private Collection | Acquired from the above by the present owner
acrylic on canvas
68 1/8 x 68 in. (173 x 172.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.
Gering & López Gallery, New York | Private Collection | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2019 Phillips in New York held the auction 20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, which included the work GRRR! by Kaws. The price achieved of USD 2,180,000.00 (€ 1,978,400.94) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 1,800,000.00 – 2,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kaws - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (Kimpsons #1), which sold at auction in October 2019 for HKD 57,877,000.00 (€ 6,615,255.49).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2019 führte Phillips in New York die Auktion 20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit GRRR! von Kaws zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 2.180.000,00 (€ 1.978.400,94) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 1.800.000,00 – 2.500.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Kaws mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (Kimpsons #1) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2019 für HKD 57.877.000,00 (€ 6.615.255,49) versteigert wurde.
Kaws - Auction history
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