Martin Wong
Sergio Smoking a Cigarette And Thinks About All That Happened Two Nights Ago
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session, Lot 108
24. Jun - 24. Jun 2021
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session, Lot 108
24. Jun - 24. Jun 2021
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 478.800 USD
Price realised: 478.800 USD
Description
signed, inscribed and dated "ESSEX NEAR HOUSTON STREET MARTIN WONG 1983" upper edge; titled in Spanish "SERGIO FUMABA UN CIGARRILLO MIENTRAS PENSABA EN TODO LO OCCURRIDO DOS NOCHES ATRAS" lower edge
acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Painted in 1983.
acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Painted in 1983.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Sergio Smoking a Cigarette And Thinks About All That Happened Two Nights Ago by Martin Wong was worth USD 478,800.00 (€ 404,118.84) to a buyer in June 2021. This price was achieved in the auction 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session at Phillips in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 80,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Martin Wong - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Quong Yuen Shing & Co., which sold at auction in May last year for USD 1,260,375.00 (€ 1,174,517.75).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Sergio Smoking a Cigarette And Thinks About All That Happened Two Nights Ago von Martin Wong war einem Käufer im Juni 2021 USD 478.800,00 (€ 404.118,84) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session bei Phillips in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Martin Wong mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Quong Yuen Shing & Co. beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 1.260.375,00 (€ 1.174.517,75) versteigert wurde.
Martin Wong - Auction history
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