Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulips
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs, Lot 163
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2011
Photographs, Lot 163
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2011
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946-1989
TULIPS
flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and with title, date, edition '5/10,' and '[MAP] 319' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1979 (Complete Flowers, index)
13¾ by 14 in. (34.5 by 35.6 cm.)
1946-1989
TULIPS
flush-mounted, the photographer's estate stamp, signed and dated by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and with title, date, edition '5/10,' and '[MAP] 319' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1979 (Complete Flowers, index)
13¾ by 14 in. (34.5 by 35.6 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Robert Mapplethorpe could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in October 2011 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Photographs auction, the work Tulips changed hands for USD 9,375.00 (€ 6,721.88) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Robert Mapplethorpe achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Self-Portrait in October 2017 with an auction result of GBP 548,750.00 (€ 625,682.41).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Mapplethorpe konnte im Oktober 2011 bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Photographs wechselte die Arbeit Tulips für USD 9.375,00 (€ 6.721,88) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Robert Mapplethorpe erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Self-Portrait im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 548.750,00 (€ 625.682,41).
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