Lee Bontecou
Untitled
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 718.200 USD
Price realised: 718.200 USD
Description
LEE BONTECOU (B. 1931)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Lee Bontecou 1958' (on the reverse)
soot on paper
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Untitled
signed and dated 'Lee Bontecou 1958' (on the reverse)
soot on paper
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Lee Bontecou achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March last year. In the Post-War to Present auction, the work without title sold for USD 718,200.00 (€ 647,435.32) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lee Bontecou achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work without title in May this year with an auction result of USD 8,690,000.00 (€ 8,156,560.92).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lee Bontecou erzielte im März letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War to Present wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 718.200,00 (€ 647.435,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lee Bontecou erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ohne Titel im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 8.690.000,00 (€ 8.156.560,92).
Lee Bontecou - Auction history
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