Red Grooms
Muscle Beach Relief
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 16.380 USD
Price realised: 16.380 USD
Description
RED GROOMS (B. 1937)
Muscle Beach Relief
signed, numbered and dated 'Red Grooms 2⁄9 89' (upper right)
painted bronze
27 ¾ x 30 ½ x 4 ½ in. (70.5 x 77.5 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number two from an edition of nine.
Muscle Beach Relief
signed, numbered and dated 'Red Grooms 2⁄9 89' (upper right)
painted bronze
27 ¾ x 30 ½ x 4 ½ in. (70.5 x 77.5 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed in 1989. This work is number two from an edition of nine.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Red Grooms achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November this year. In the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Muscle Beach Relief sold for USD 16,380.00 (€ 15,016.50) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. Admittedly, works by Red Grooms have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Joltin' Joe Takes a Swing in May 2001 with an auction result of USD 70,500.00 (€ 83,382.61).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Red Grooms erzielte im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Muscle Beach Relief für USD 16.380,00 (€ 15.016,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Red Grooms auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Joltin' Joe Takes a Swing im Mai 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 70.500,00 (€ 83.382,61).
Red Grooms - Auction history
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