Kehinde Wiley
The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 649.200 USD
Price realised: 649.200 USD
Description
Kehinde Wiley
b. 1977
The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia
signed Kehinde Wiley and dated 09 (lower right)
oil and graphite on paper
57 by 124 in.
145 by 315 cm.
Executed in 2009.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2017
b. 1977
The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia
signed Kehinde Wiley and dated 09 (lower right)
oil and graphite on paper
57 by 124 in.
145 by 315 cm.
Executed in 2009.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2017
A top price for Kehinde Wiley
When the work The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia by Kehinde Wiley was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 649,200.00 (€ 575,174.98). This high result makes The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia the most expensive artwork by Kehinde Wiley that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kehinde Wiley
Als die Arbeit The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia von Kehinde Wiley im November 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 649.200,00 (€ 575.174,98) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Kehinde Wiley, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kehinde Wiley - Auction history
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