Ruth Asawa
Untitled (S.422, Hanging Single-Lobed, Three Layers Of Spheres)
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 1.220.000 USD
Price realised: 1.220.000 USD
Description
Ruth Asawa
1926 - 2013
UNTITLED (S.422, HANGING SINGLE-LOBED, THREE LAYERS OF SPHERES)
copper, iron and brass wire
21 3/4 by 28 1/2 by 28 1/2 in. 55.2 by 72.4 by 72.4 cm.
Executed circa 1954.
Collection of Bruce Walkup, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist in 1954) | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1957
1926 - 2013
UNTITLED (S.422, HANGING SINGLE-LOBED, THREE LAYERS OF SPHERES)
copper, iron and brass wire
21 3/4 by 28 1/2 by 28 1/2 in. 55.2 by 72.4 by 72.4 cm.
Executed circa 1954.
Collection of Bruce Walkup, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist in 1954) | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1957
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
The work Untitled (S.422, Hanging Single-Lobed, Three Layers Of Spheres) by Ruth Asawa was worth USD 1,220,000.00 (€ 1,107,178.51) to a buyer in November 2019. This price was achieved in the auction Contemporary Art Day Auction at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 200,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ruth Asawa - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (S.387, Hanging Three Separate Layers of Three-Lobed Forms), which sold at auction in November 2019 for USD 4,095,000.00 (€ 3,716,308.19).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Untitled (S.422, Hanging Single-Lobed, Three Layers Of Spheres) von Ruth Asawa war einem Käufer im November 2019 USD 1.220.000,00 (€ 1.107.178,51) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Contemporary Art Day Auction bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 200.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Ruth Asawa mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (S.387, Hanging Three Separate Layers of Three-Lobed Forms) beobachtet, die im November 2019 für USD 4.095.000,00 (€ 3.716.308,19) versteigert wurde.
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