Robert Arneson
Flat Face
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 638
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2018
Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 638
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2018
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 32.500 USD
Price realised: 32.500 USD
Description
cast pigmented paper pulp construction
48 1/8 x 40 x 13 in. (122.2 x 101.6 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is one of four unique variants.
Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco | Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981
48 1/8 x 40 x 13 in. (122.2 x 101.6 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is one of four unique variants.
Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco | Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Flat Face by Robert Arneson was worth USD 32,500.00 (€ 28,702.64) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 10,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Arneson - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Audio Visual, which sold at auction in May 2015 for USD 87,500.00 (€ 79,588.87).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Flat Face von Robert Arneson war einem Käufer im November 2018 USD 32.500,00 (€ 28.702,64) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Arneson mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Audio Visual beobachtet, die im Mai 2015 für USD 87.500,00 (€ 79.588,87) versteigert wurde.
Robert Arneson - Auction history
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