Michel Majerus
Mom Block 62
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 113.400 GBP
Price realised: 113.400 GBP
Description
Michel Majerus
1967 - 2002
Mom Block 62
signed, titled and dated 98 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
160 by 140.5 cm. 63 by 55¼ in.
Alison Jacques Gallery, London | Private Collection, Italy (acquired in 2000) | Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2007, Lot 461 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1967 - 2002
Mom Block 62
signed, titled and dated 98 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
160 by 140.5 cm. 63 by 55¼ in.
Alison Jacques Gallery, London | Private Collection, Italy (acquired in 2000) | Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2007, Lot 461 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Mom Block 62 by Michel Majerus was auctioned at Sothebys in London in August 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 18,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 113,400.00 (€ 132,111.00). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Michel Majerus - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work nothing is permanent, which sold at auction in September 2021 for USD 600,800.00 (€ 518,960.01).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Mom Block 62 von Michel Majerus im August 2021 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 18.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 113.400,00 (€ 132.111,00) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Michel Majerus mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit nothing is permanent beobachtet, die im September 2021 für USD 600.800,00 (€ 518.960,01) versteigert wurde.
Michel Majerus - Auction history
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