Robert Smithson

Double Nonsite, California And Nevada

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 31 B
15.Mai - 15.Mai.2019
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 1.815.000 USD
signed and dated 'Robert Smithson 68-69' (on the reverse of the Masonite backing of the map)
map, five painted steel boxes, lava from the Marl Mountains, California and obsidian from the cinder cone near Truman Springs, Nevada
map: 31 3/8 x 31 in. (79.7 x 78.7 cm.)
square box: 34 x 34 x 12 in. (86.4 x 86.4 x 30.5 cm.)
trapezoidal boxes: each 60 x 12 7/8 x 12 in. (152.4 x 32.7 x 30.5 cm.)
floor installation dimensions: 71 x 71 x 12 in. (180.3 x 180.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1969.
Dwan Gallery, New York | Private collection, Europe | Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 3 June 1998, lot 43 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Upper estimate price exceeded by 51 %.

The work Double Nonsite, California And Nevada by Robert Smithson was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2019. It achieved a price of USD 1,815,000.00 (€ 1,627,948.69), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 51%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Robert Smithson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Alogon #3 sold at auction in May 2008 with the realized price of USD 4,297,000.00 (€ 2,761,568.12).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 51 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Double Nonsite, California And Nevada von Robert Smithson kam im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 1.815.000,00 (€ 1.627.948,69) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 51%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Robert Smithson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Alogon #3 im Mai 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 4.297.000,00 (€ 2.761.568,12).

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