Lisa Yuskavage
Sick Clown
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 441.000 USD
Price realised: 441.000 USD
Description
LISA YUSKAVAGE (B. 1962)
Sick Clown
signed and titled 'Lisa Yuskavage "Sick Clown"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
55 1⁄8 x 43 1⁄8 in. (140 x 109.5 cm.)
Painted in 1999.
Sick Clown
signed and titled 'Lisa Yuskavage "Sick Clown"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
55 1⁄8 x 43 1⁄8 in. (140 x 109.5 cm.)
Painted in 1999.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work Sick Clown by Lisa Yuskavage was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction at Christies in New York in November this year. The »bidding war« ended at USD 441,000.00 (€ 404,290.43), 47% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lisa Yuskavage - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Studio, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 1,380,000.00 (€ 1,285,993.85).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Sick Clown von Lisa Yuskavage wurde im November diesen Jahres in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 441.000,00 (€ 404.290,43) und damit 47% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Lisa Yuskavage mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Studio beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 1.380.000,00 (€ 1.285.993,85) versteigert wurde.
Lisa Yuskavage - Auction history
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