Marisol Escobar

Andy

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 3
8. May - 8. May 2012
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 794.500 USD
Marisol Escobar (b. 1930)
Andy
graphite, oil and plaster on wood with Andy Warhol's shoes
56½ x 17¼ x 22½ in. (143.5 x 43.8 x 57.2 cm.)
Executed in 1962-1963.

A top price for Marisol Escobar

This artwork by Marisol Escobar achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2012. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale auction, the work Andy sold for USD 794,500.00 (€ 642,591.39) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. This high result makes Andy the most expensive artwork by Marisol Escobar that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Marisol Escobar

Dieses Kunstwerk von Marisol Escobar erzielte im Mai 2012 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Andy für USD 794.500,00 (€ 642.591,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Andy zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Marisol Escobar, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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