Michael Armitage
Early Portrait (Friend From Bryanston)
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 438.500 GBP
Price realised: 438.500 GBP
Description
MICHAEL ARMITAGE
b. 1984
EARLY PORTRAIT (FRIEND FROM BRYANSTON)
signed and dated ‘01
oil on canvas
198 by 134.5 cm. 78 by 53 in.
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Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
b. 1984
EARLY PORTRAIT (FRIEND FROM BRYANSTON)
signed and dated ‘01
oil on canvas
198 by 134.5 cm. 78 by 53 in.
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Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at 21 times the upper estimate price
The work Early Portrait (Friend From Bryanston) by Michael Armitage was worth GBP 438,500.00 (€ 486,916.85) to a buyer in October 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art Day Auction at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Michael Armitage - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Conservationists, which sold at auction in November 2019 for USD 1,520,000.00 (€ 1,379,435.52).
Kunstwerk zum 21-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Early Portrait (Friend From Bryanston) von Michael Armitage war einem Käufer im Oktober 2020 GBP 438.500,00 (€ 486.916,85) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art Day Auction bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Michael Armitage mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Conservationists beobachtet, die im November 2019 für USD 1.520.000,00 (€ 1.379.435,52) versteigert wurde.
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