Roger Brown
United Corporations Of America Or Who Will Take Marathon When Mobil Gets The Bomb?
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Description
Roger Brown
1941 - 1997
UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA OR WHO WILL TAKE MARATHON WHEN MOBIL GETS THE BOMB?
oil on canvas
48 by 72 in. 121.9 by 182.9 cm.
Executed in 1982.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1941 - 1997
UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA OR WHO WILL TAKE MARATHON WHEN MOBIL GETS THE BOMB?
oil on canvas
48 by 72 in. 121.9 by 182.9 cm.
Executed in 1982.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Roger Brown achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2019. In the Contemporary Curated auction, the work United Corporations Of America Or Who Will Take Marathon When Mobil Gets The Bomb? sold for USD 81,250.00 (€ 72,363.73) - well above the upper estimate of USD 40,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Roger Brown - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Cloud Cover, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 252,000.00 (€ 234,833.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Roger Brown erzielte im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Curated wurde die Arbeit United Corporations Of America Or Who Will Take Marathon When Mobil Gets The Bomb? für USD 81.250,00 (€ 72.363,73) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 40.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Roger Brown mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Cloud Cover beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 252.000,00 (€ 234.833,66) versteigert wurde.
Roger Brown - Auction history
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