Lucien Smith

Two Sides Of The Same Coin

Found at Sothebys, London
Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 1
12. Feb - 12. Feb 2014
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 224.500 GBP
Lucien Smith
B. 1989
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
signed on the overlap
acrylic on unprimed canvas
243.8 by 182.8cm.; 96 by 72in.
Executed in 2012.
OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles | Private Collection, Paris

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work Two Sides Of The Same Coin by Lucien Smith was worth GBP 224,500.00 (€ 272,372.52) to a buyer in February 2014. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Lucien Smith; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Hobbes, The Rain Man, and My Friend Barney / Under the Sycamore Tree sold at auction in November 2013 with the realized price of USD 389,000.00 (€ 285,903.28).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Two Sides Of The Same Coin von Lucien Smith war einem Käufer im Februar 2014 GBP 224.500,00 (€ 272.372,52) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art Evening Auction bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Lucien Smith; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Hobbes, The Rain Man, and My Friend Barney / Under the Sycamore Tree im November 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 389.000,00 (€ 285.903,28).

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