Ouattara Watts
Afro Beat
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 781.200 USD
Price realised: 781.200 USD
Description
OUATTARA WATTS (B. 1957)
Afro Beat
signed twice, titled, inscribed and dated 'Ouattara Watts Ouattara Watts AFRO BEAT 2011 - New York' (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil, oilstick, metallic paint, and inkjet on canvas collage on canvas
96 1⁄2 x 97 in. (245.1 x 246.4 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
Afro Beat
signed twice, titled, inscribed and dated 'Ouattara Watts Ouattara Watts AFRO BEAT 2011 - New York' (on the reverse)
acrylic, oil, oilstick, metallic paint, and inkjet on canvas collage on canvas
96 1⁄2 x 97 in. (245.1 x 246.4 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
A top price for Ouattara Watts
The work Afro Beat by Ouattara Watts was worth USD 781,200.00 (€ 727,984.34) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction 21st Century Evening Sale at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 150,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Afro Beat the most expensive artwork by Ouattara Watts that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ouattara Watts
Die Arbeit Afro Beat von Ouattara Watts war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres USD 781.200,00 (€ 727.984,34) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 21st Century Evening Sale bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Afro Beat zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ouattara Watts, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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