Martha Rosler
Cleaning the Drapes, from the series "Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful"
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 434
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2019
20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 434
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2019
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 45.000 USD
Price realised: 45.000 USD
Description
signed "Martha Rosler" on the reverse
photomontage printed as color photograph
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1969-72, this work is number 7 from an edition of 10.
Other examples from the edition are housed in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
photomontage printed as color photograph
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1969-72, this work is number 7 from an edition of 10.
Other examples from the edition are housed in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Cleaning the Drapes, from the series "Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful" by Martha Rosler was worth USD 45,000.00 (€ 40,838.55) to a buyer in November 2019. This price was achieved in the auction 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session at Phillips in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 12,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Martha Rosler - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Bringing The War Home: House Beautiful, which sold at auction in May 2006 for USD 156,000.00 (€ 121,561.60).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Cleaning the Drapes, from the series "Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful" von Martha Rosler war einem Käufer im November 2019 USD 45.000,00 (€ 40.838,55) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session bei Phillips in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Martha Rosler mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Bringing The War Home: House Beautiful beobachtet, die im Mai 2006 für USD 156.000,00 (€ 121.561,60) versteigert wurde.
Martha Rosler - Auction history
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