Robert Wilson
'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 27.720 USD
Price realised: 27.720 USD
Description
ROBERT WILSON (B. 1941)
'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs
perforated and sheet steel
installation dimensions variable
table: 29 x 144 x 12 in. (73.5 x 366 x 30.5 cm.)
each chair: 38 x 9 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄2 in. (96.5 x 23.5 x 47 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs
perforated and sheet steel
installation dimensions variable
table: 29 x 144 x 12 in. (73.5 x 366 x 30.5 cm.)
each chair: 38 x 9 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄2 in. (96.5 x 23.5 x 47 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Christies in New York held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work 'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs by Robert Wilson. It changed hands for a price of USD 27,720.00 (€ 25,831.70) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Other works by Robert Wilson have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in October 2012 the work Civil War Act I, II, III, IV, V, 72 works was auctioned for USD 56,250.00 (€ 43,409.48).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit 'Hamletmachine' Table and Four Chairs von Robert Wilson zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 27.720,00 (€ 25.831,70) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 20.000,00 – 30.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Robert Wilson konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Oktober 2012 die Arbeit Civil War Act I, II, III, IV, V, 72 works für USD 56.250,00 (€ 43.409,48) versteigert.
Robert Wilson - Auction history
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