Mel Bochner
Blah, Blah, Blah
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 237
2. Jul - 2. Jul 2020
20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, Lot 237
2. Jul - 2. Jul 2020
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Description
signed, titled, inscribed and dated "MB 3-116 BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, MEL BOCHNER 2010" on the reverse
oil on canvas
70 x 48 in. (177.8 x 121.9 cm)
Painted in 2010.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner
oil on canvas
70 x 48 in. (177.8 x 121.9 cm)
Painted in 2010.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Mel Bochner
When the work Blah, Blah, Blah by Mel Bochner was auctioned at Phillips in New York in July 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 187,500.00 (€ 159,249.19). This high result makes Blah, Blah, Blah the most expensive artwork by Mel Bochner that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mel Bochner
Als die Arbeit Blah, Blah, Blah von Mel Bochner im Juli 2020 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 187.500,00 (€ 159.249,19) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Blah, Blah, Blah zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mel Bochner, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Mel Bochner - Auction history
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