Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulips, 1987
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Lot 196
06.Apr - 06.Apr.2017
Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Lot 196
06.Apr - 06.Apr.2017
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
gelatin silver print, flush–mounted on board
signed in ink in photographer's copyright credit stamp and titled, dated and numbered '5/10' in ink (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 19 1/4 x 23 1/8 in. (48.9 x 58.8 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
This work is number 5 from the edition of 10.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
signed in ink in photographer's copyright credit stamp and titled, dated and numbered '5/10' in ink (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 19 1/4 x 23 1/8 in. (48.9 x 58.8 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
This work is number 5 from the edition of 10.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Robert Mapplethorpe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2017. In the Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation auction, the work Tulips, 1987 sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 80,312.07) - well above the upper estimate of USD 35,000.00. Admittedly, works by Robert Mapplethorpe have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Self-Portrait in October 2017 with an auction result of GBP 548,750.00 (€ 625,682.41).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Mapplethorpe erzielte im April 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation wurde die Arbeit Tulips, 1987 für USD 87.500,00 (€ 80.312,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 35.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Robert Mapplethorpe auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Self-Portrait im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 548.750,00 (€ 625.682,41).
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