Sarah Lucas
Beer Can Penis
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online, Lot 30
30. Mar - 30. Mar 2021
First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online, Lot 30
30. Mar - 30. Mar 2021
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 9.375 GBP
Price realised: 9.375 GBP
Description
SARAH LUCAS (B. 1962)
incised with the artist's initials, number and date 'SL 00 17/20' (on the underside)
cast aluminium
6<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 5<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> x 2<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub>in. (16 x 14 x 7cm.)
Executed in 2000, this work is number seventeen from an edition of twenty
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Sadie Coles HQ, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
incised with the artist's initials, number and date 'SL 00 17/20' (on the underside)
cast aluminium
6<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 5<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> x 2<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub>in. (16 x 14 x 7cm.)
Executed in 2000, this work is number seventeen from an edition of twenty
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Sadie Coles HQ, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Sarah Lucas achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March 2021. In the First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online auction, the work Beer Can Penis sold for GBP 9,375.00 (€ 11,013.21) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Sarah Lucas achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Bunny Gets Snookered #8 in May this year with an auction result of USD 736,600.00 (€ 691,383.52).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Sarah Lucas erzielte im März 2021 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online wurde die Arbeit Beer Can Penis für GBP 9.375,00 (€ 11.013,21) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Sarah Lucas erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Bunny Gets Snookered #8 im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 736.600,00 (€ 691.383,52).
Sarah Lucas - Auction history
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