Peter Hujar
Divine
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 69.300 USD
Price realised: 69.300 USD
Description
PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)
Divine
signed by Stephen Koch, Executor, titled and dated 'Divine 1975' (on the reverse); stamped 'PRINTED BY THE ARTIST', estate stamp and copyright credit (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print
image: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (39.4 x 39.4 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Photographed in 1975. This work is a lifetime print.
Divine
signed by Stephen Koch, Executor, titled and dated 'Divine 1975' (on the reverse); stamped 'PRINTED BY THE ARTIST', estate stamp and copyright credit (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print
image: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (39.4 x 39.4 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Photographed in 1975. This work is a lifetime print.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Peter Hujar achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November last year. In the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Divine sold for USD 69,300.00 (€ 67,131.65) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Peter Hujar - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work David Wojnarowicz Reclining (II), which sold at auction in October 2021 for USD 157,500.00 (€ 136,340.03).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Peter Hujar erzielte im November letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Divine für USD 69.300,00 (€ 67.131,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Peter Hujar mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit David Wojnarowicz Reclining (II) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2021 für USD 157.500,00 (€ 136.340,03) versteigert wurde.
Peter Hujar - Auction history
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