Michael Mogavero
Face It
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 11.970 USD
Price realised: 11.970 USD
Description
MICHAEL MOGAVERO (B. 1950)
Face It
signed, titled and dated '"Face It" M. Mogavero 1980' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 in. (183 x 152.5 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Face It
signed, titled and dated '"Face It" M. Mogavero 1980' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 in. (183 x 152.5 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
A top price for Michael Mogavero
This artwork by Michael Mogavero achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Face It sold for USD 11,970.00 (€ 11,154.60) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. This high result makes Face It the most expensive artwork by Michael Mogavero that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Michael Mogavero
Dieses Kunstwerk von Michael Mogavero erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Face It für USD 11.970,00 (€ 11.154,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Face It zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Michael Mogavero, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Michael Mogavero - Auction history
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