Michael Armitage
The Conservationists
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 1.520.000 USD
Price realised: 1.520.000 USD
Description
Michael Armitage
B. 1984
THE CONSERVATIONISTS
signed, titled and dated 2015 on the reverse
oil on Lubugo bark cloth
67 by 58 7/8 in. 170.2 by 149.5 cm.
White Cube, London | Acquired from the above by the present owner
B. 1984
THE CONSERVATIONISTS
signed, titled and dated 2015 on the reverse
oil on Lubugo bark cloth
67 by 58 7/8 in. 170.2 by 149.5 cm.
White Cube, London | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Michael Armitage
When the work The Conservationists by Michael Armitage was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 21 times as high at USD 1,520,000.00 (€ 1,379,435.52). This high result makes The Conservationists the most expensive artwork by Michael Armitage that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Michael Armitage
Als die Arbeit The Conservationists von Michael Armitage im November 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 1.520.000,00 (€ 1.379.435,52) mehr als 21-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Conservationists zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Michael Armitage, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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