Ruth Asawa

Untitled (S.360, Hanging Single-Section, Reversible Open-Window Form)

Found at Christies, New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 138
12. Nov - 12. Nov 2021
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 562.500 USD
RUTH ASAWA (1926-2013)
Untitled (S.360, Hanging Single-Section, Reversible Open-Window Form)
hanging sculpture—copper wire
17 x 11 ½ x 11 ½ in. (43.2 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1955.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.

This artwork by Ruth Asawa achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2021. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Untitled (S.360, Hanging Single-Section, Reversible Open-Window Form) sold for USD 562,500.00 (€ 498,360.95) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ruth Asawa have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Untitled (S.387, Hanging Three Separate Layers of Three-Lobed Forms) in November 2019 with an auction result of USD 4,095,000.00 (€ 3,716,308.19).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ruth Asawa erzielte im November 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Untitled (S.360, Hanging Single-Section, Reversible Open-Window Form) für USD 562.500,00 (€ 498.360,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ruth Asawa auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Untitled (S.387, Hanging Three Separate Layers of Three-Lobed Forms) im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 4.095.000,00 (€ 3.716.308,19).

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