Mikhael Subotzky
Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
2012
Unique archival pigment diptych, face-mounted to toughened glass smashed by the artist, executed 2018.
Each image: 100 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Each frame: 102.8 x 82.8 cm (40 1/2 x 32 5/8 in.)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number AP1 on on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.
This diptych is unique and was created exclusively for ULTIMATE. Each print is AP1 from the sold-out edition of 5 + 2 APs, each image exists only in this size and edition and this is the only smashed work from the edition. Since 2011, Subotzky has selected 42 images for smashing and have made 69 smashed works in total. The present lot will be the final smashed work he will ever produce.
Unique archival pigment diptych, face-mounted to toughened glass smashed by the artist, executed 2018.
Each image: 100 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Each frame: 102.8 x 82.8 cm (40 1/2 x 32 5/8 in.)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number AP1 on on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.
This diptych is unique and was created exclusively for ULTIMATE. Each print is AP1 from the sold-out edition of 5 + 2 APs, each image exists only in this size and edition and this is the only smashed work from the edition. Since 2011, Subotzky has selected 42 images for smashing and have made 69 smashed works in total. The present lot will be the final smashed work he will ever produce.
A top price for Mikhael Subotzky - as previously expected
In November 2018 Phillips in London held the auction Photographs, which included the work Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift by Mikhael Subotzky. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 25,000.00 – 35,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 31,019.16) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift is the most expensive artwork by Mikhael Subotzky that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im November 2018 führte Phillips in London die Auktion Photographs durch, in der auch die Arbeit Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift von Mikhael Subotzky zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 25.000,00 – 35.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 31.019,16) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift das teuerste Kunstwerk von Mikhael Subotzky, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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