Kelley Walker
Black Star Press
Found at
Christies,
London
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 32
06.Mrz - 06.Mrz.2018
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 32
06.Mrz - 06.Mrz.2018
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 572.750 GBP
Price realised: 572.750 GBP
Description
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'K 2007' (on the reverse)
four-colour process silkscreen on canvas
104 x 83in. (264.2 x 210.6cm.)
Executed in 2007
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
four-colour process silkscreen on canvas
104 x 83in. (264.2 x 210.6cm.)
Executed in 2007
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
A top price for Kelley Walker
In March 2018 Christies in London held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, which included the work Black Star Press by Kelley Walker. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 500,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 572,750.00 (€ 652,107.49). With this result, Black Star Press is even the most expensive work of art by Kelley Walker that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kelley Walker
Im März 2018 führte Christies in London die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction durch, in der auch die Arbeit Black Star Press von Kelley Walker zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 500.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 572.750,00 (€ 652.107,49) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Black Star Press sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Kelley Walker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kelley Walker - Auction history
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