Roberta Silva
A Blow Is Enough
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Description
Roberta Silva
B. 1971
A BLOW IS ENOUGH
hand-blown murano glass
12 by 26 by 13 in. 30.5 by 66 by 33 cm.
Executed in 2011, this work is unique.
Acquired directly from the artist
B. 1971
A BLOW IS ENOUGH
hand-blown murano glass
12 by 26 by 13 in. 30.5 by 66 by 33 cm.
Executed in 2011, this work is unique.
Acquired directly from the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Roberta Silva achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2012. In the Contemporary Art Day Auction auction, the work A Blow Is Enough sold for USD 20,000.00 (€ 16,175.99) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Roberta Silva; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Basta Un Soffio sold at auction in May 2015 with the realized price of USD 27,500.00 (€ 25,013.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Roberta Silva erzielte im Mai 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Day Auction wurde die Arbeit A Blow Is Enough für USD 20.000,00 (€ 16.175,99) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Roberta Silva; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Basta Un Soffio im Mai 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 27.500,00 (€ 25.013,64).
Roberta Silva - Auction history
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