Meyer Vaisman

Bedsheet Blues

Found at Sothebys, New York
Colossal! Monumental Works from the 1980s, Lot 1
18. Jul - 18. Jul 2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
MEYER VAISMAN
b.1960
BEDSHEET BLUES
signed, titled and dated 1988 on the reverse of right panel
acrylic and ink on canvas, in 9 parts
Overall: 96 by 132 by 7 in. (243.8 by 335.3 by 17.8 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1988
Sonnabend Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1988

Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.

This artwork by Meyer Vaisman achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in July 2019. In the Colossal! Monumental Works from the 1980s auction, the work Bedsheet Blues sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 11,230.91) - well above the upper estimate of USD 7,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Meyer Vaisman; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Souvenir sold at auction in November 2015 with the realized price of USD 21,250.00 (€ 20,119.30).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Meyer Vaisman erzielte im Juli 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Colossal! Monumental Works from the 1980s wurde die Arbeit Bedsheet Blues für USD 12.500,00 (€ 11.230,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Meyer Vaisman; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Souvenir im November 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 21.250,00 (€ 20.119,30).

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