Shepard Fairey
Obama Hope
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 600.800 USD
Price realised: 600.800 USD
Description
SHEPARD FAIREY
b. 1970
OBAMA HOPE
signed and dated 08; signed, numbered 1 of 3 and dated 08 on the reverse
acrylic on newspaper collage
69¾ by 45¾ in. 177.2 by 116.2 cm.
framed: 74¾ by 50¾ in. 189.9 by 128.9 cm.
Executed in 2008, this work is unique and from of a series of 3 unique variants.
Arts for Life, East Hampton, July 2008, Lot 79609 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
b. 1970
OBAMA HOPE
signed and dated 08; signed, numbered 1 of 3 and dated 08 on the reverse
acrylic on newspaper collage
69¾ by 45¾ in. 177.2 by 116.2 cm.
framed: 74¾ by 50¾ in. 189.9 by 128.9 cm.
Executed in 2008, this work is unique and from of a series of 3 unique variants.
Arts for Life, East Hampton, July 2008, Lot 79609 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
A top price for Shepard Fairey
When the work Obama Hope by Shepard Fairey was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than eight times as high at USD 600,800.00 (€ 515,840.99). This high result makes Obama Hope the most expensive artwork by Shepard Fairey that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Shepard Fairey
Als die Arbeit Obama Hope von Shepard Fairey im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 600.800,00 (€ 515.840,99) mehr als achtmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Obama Hope zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Shepard Fairey, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Shepard Fairey - Auction history
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