Mathieu Mercier

Lampe

Found at Phillips, London Auction
New Now, Lot 163
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2020
Estimate: 1.000 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.410 GBP
signed, numbered and dated 'Mathieu Mercier 2/3 2001' on the reverse of the lightbox; further signed, numbered and dated 'Mathieu Mercier 2001 2/3' lower left of the transparency
Ilfordchrome transparency in lightbox
50 x 50 x 10 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2001, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3.
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin | Acquired from the above by the present owner

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Mathieu Mercier achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in London in December 2020. In the New Now auction, the work Lampe sold for GBP 4,410.00 (€ 4,926.36) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. Admittedly, works by Mathieu Mercier have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Diamant in June 2018 with an auction result of EUR 25,000.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Mathieu Mercier erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Phillips in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion New Now wurde die Arbeit Lampe für GBP 4.410,00 (€ 4.926,36) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Mathieu Mercier auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Diamant im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 25.000,00.

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