Mequitta Ahuja

Rhyme Sequence: Wiggle Waggle

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
First Open | Online, Lot 54
11.Sep - 19.Sep.2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
signed and dated 'Mequitta Ahuja 2013' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and wax crayon on block-printed paper collage on canvas
84 x 79 7 ⁄ 8 in. (213.5 x 203cm.)
Executed in 2013
Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York. | Irena Hochman Fine Art, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Mequitta Ahuja achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2019. In the First Open | Online auction, the work Rhyme Sequence: Wiggle Waggle sold for GBP 20,000.00 (€ 22,567.63) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00. Admittedly, works by Mequitta Ahuja have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Generator in July 2020 with an auction result of GBP 81,250.00 (€ 90,628.18).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Mequitta Ahuja erzielte im September 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open | Online wurde die Arbeit Rhyme Sequence: Wiggle Waggle für GBP 20.000,00 (€ 22.567,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Mequitta Ahuja auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Generator im Juli 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 81.250,00 (€ 90.628,18).

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