Simone Leigh
No Face (House)
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 403.200 USD
Price realised: 403.200 USD
Description
Works Sold to Benefit the High Line
SIMONE LEIGH
b. 1967
NO FACE (HOUSE)
terracotta, porcelain, ink, epoxy and raffia
29 by 24 by 24 in. 73.7 by 61 by 61 cm.
Executed in 2020.
Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth to benefit the High Line
SIMONE LEIGH
b. 1967
NO FACE (HOUSE)
terracotta, porcelain, ink, epoxy and raffia
29 by 24 by 24 in. 73.7 by 61 by 61 cm.
Executed in 2020.
Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth to benefit the High Line
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Simone Leigh achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2020. In the Contemporary Curated auction, the work No Face (House) sold for USD 403,200.00 (€ 346,183.57) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. Admittedly, works by Simone Leigh have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Stick in May this year with an auction result of USD 2,712,000.00 (€ 2,545,522.81).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Simone Leigh erzielte im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Curated wurde die Arbeit No Face (House) für USD 403.200,00 (€ 346.183,57) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Simone Leigh auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Stick im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.712.000,00 (€ 2.545.522,81).
Simone Leigh - Auction history
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