Naum Gabo
Bas-Relief For The U.S. Rubber Company Building, New York
Estimate: 700.000 - 1.000.000 USD
Price realised: 490.000 USD
Price realised: 490.000 USD
Description
Naum Gabo
1890 - 1977
BAS-RELIEF FOR THE U.S. RUBBER COMPANY BUILDING, NEW YORK
Inscribed Gabo
Cast aluminum covered with translucent plastic, phosphor-bronze wire and plastic
109 1/2 by 125 in.
278.1 by 317.5 cm
Conceived between 1953-55 and executed in 1956.
U.S. Rubber Company Building (unveiled on December 10, 1956) | Celanese Building, New York (relocated from the above in 1976)
1890 - 1977
BAS-RELIEF FOR THE U.S. RUBBER COMPANY BUILDING, NEW YORK
Inscribed Gabo
Cast aluminum covered with translucent plastic, phosphor-bronze wire and plastic
109 1/2 by 125 in.
278.1 by 317.5 cm
Conceived between 1953-55 and executed in 1956.
U.S. Rubber Company Building (unveiled on December 10, 1956) | Celanese Building, New York (relocated from the above in 1976)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Naum Gabo could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in November 2015 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work Bas-Relief For The U.S. Rubber Company Building, New York changed hands for USD 490,000.00 (€ 463,927.29) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 700,000.00 – 1,000,000.00. Other works by Naum Gabo have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in October 2019 by the work Linear Construction in Space No. 2 at GBP 515,250.00 (€ 597,653.05).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Naum Gabo konnte im November 2015 bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale wechselte die Arbeit Bas-Relief For The U.S. Rubber Company Building, New York für USD 490.000,00 (€ 463.927,29) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 700.000,00 – 1.000.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Naum Gabo wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Oktober 2019 die Arbeit Linear Construction in Space No. 2 mit GBP 515.250,00 (€ 597.653,05).
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