Manuel Carbonell
Mother Embracing Child
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 50.000 USD
Price realised: 50.000 USD
Description
Manuel Carbonell (Cuban b. 1918)
Mother Embracing Child
signed and numbered 'M. Carbonell 7/8' (on the figure's lower back)
bronze with black patina
20 x 17 x 16½ in. (50 x 43.2 x 42 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Edition seven of eight.
Mother Embracing Child
signed and numbered 'M. Carbonell 7/8' (on the figure's lower back)
bronze with black patina
20 x 17 x 16½ in. (50 x 43.2 x 42 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Edition seven of eight.
A top price for Manuel Carbonell
This artwork by Manuel Carbonell achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2008. In the Latin American Sale Day Session auction, the work Mother Embracing Child sold for USD 50,000.00 (€ 39,388.69) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. This high result makes Mother Embracing Child the most expensive artwork by Manuel Carbonell that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Manuel Carbonell
Dieses Kunstwerk von Manuel Carbonell erzielte im November 2008 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Sale Day Session wurde die Arbeit Mother Embracing Child für USD 50.000,00 (€ 39.388,69) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mother Embracing Child zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Manuel Carbonell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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