Richard Stankiewicz

Australia No. II

Found at Sothebys, New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York, Lot 216
14. Jul - 21. Jul 2021
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 52.920 USD
Richard Stankiewicz
1922 - 1983
Australia No. II
corten steel
78 by 56¼ by 56¼ in. (198.1 by 142.8 by 142.8 cm.)
Executed in 1969.
Please note that this work is not available for pick up at Sotheby's York Avenue. Please contact Kacie.deSabla@sothebys.com for more information.
Zabriskie Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1974

Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.

This artwork by Richard Stankiewicz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in July 2021. In the Contemporary Art Online | New York auction, the work Australia No. II sold for USD 52,920.00 (€ 44,605.53) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Richard Stankiewicz - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Playful Bathers, which sold at auction in May 2012 for USD 134,500.00 (€ 108,783.57).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Richard Stankiewicz erzielte im Juli 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Online | New York wurde die Arbeit Australia No. II für USD 52.920,00 (€ 44.605,53) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Richard Stankiewicz mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Playful Bathers beobachtet, die im Mai 2012 für USD 134.500,00 (€ 108.783,57) versteigert wurde.

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