Mernet Larsen
Cardplayers
Found at
Phillips,
London Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 110
28. Jun - 28. Jun 2019
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 110
28. Jun - 28. Jun 2019
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 62.500 GBP
Price realised: 62.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Mernet Larsen 2013' on the reverse
acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
160.6 x 127 cm (63 1/4 x 50 in.)
Executed in 2013.
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
160.6 x 127 cm (63 1/4 x 50 in.)
Executed in 2013.
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Mernet Larsen
This artwork by Mernet Larsen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in London in June 2019. In the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Cardplayers sold for GBP 62,500.00 (€ 70,259.27) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 35,000.00. This high result makes Cardplayers the most expensive artwork by Mernet Larsen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mernet Larsen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mernet Larsen erzielte im Juni 2019 bei Phillips in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Cardplayers für GBP 62.500,00 (€ 70.259,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 35.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Cardplayers zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mernet Larsen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Mernet Larsen - Auction history
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