Nancy Graves
Stuck, the Flies Buzzed (P. 73)
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 11.340 USD
Price realised: 11.340 USD
Description
1989
Monumental etching, aquatint and screenprint in colors with screenprinted and embossed collage, on Magnani Aquaforti paper, with full margins.
I. 40 3/4 x 70 1/4 in. (103.5 x 178.4 cm)
S. 47 1/2 x 90 1/2 in. (120.7 x 229.9 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 5/68 in pencil (there were also 20 artist's proofs), published by 2RC Edizioni d’Arte, Rome (with their blindstamp), framed.
Monumental etching, aquatint and screenprint in colors with screenprinted and embossed collage, on Magnani Aquaforti paper, with full margins.
I. 40 3/4 x 70 1/4 in. (103.5 x 178.4 cm)
S. 47 1/2 x 90 1/2 in. (120.7 x 229.9 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 5/68 in pencil (there were also 20 artist's proofs), published by 2RC Edizioni d’Arte, Rome (with their blindstamp), framed.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.
This artwork by Nancy Graves achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in October last year. In the Editions & Works on Paper auction, the work Stuck, the Flies Buzzed (P. 73) sold for USD 11,340.00 (€ 11,415.34) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. Admittedly, works by Nancy Graves have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Not Identical With in December 2021 with an auction result of USD 126,000.00 (€ 111,327.09).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nancy Graves erzielte im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Editions & Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit Stuck, the Flies Buzzed (P. 73) für USD 11.340,00 (€ 11.415,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Nancy Graves auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Not Identical With im Dezember 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 126.000,00 (€ 111.327,09).
Nancy Graves - Auction history
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