Sophie Calle
The Sleepers (Les dormeurs)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 15
8. Nov - 8. Nov 2011
Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, Lot 15
8. Nov - 8. Nov 2011
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 218.500 USD
Price realised: 218.500 USD
Description
SOPHIE CALLE (B. 1953)
The Sleepers (Les dormeurs)
numbered (on the reverse of each print)
176 elements--ink on gelatin silver prints
24 elements--ink on paper
90 page manuscript--ink on paper
199 elements, each: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
one element: 11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in. (28 x 21.7 cm)
The Sleepers (Les dormeurs)
numbered (on the reverse of each print)
176 elements--ink on gelatin silver prints
24 elements--ink on paper
90 page manuscript--ink on paper
199 elements, each: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
one element: 11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in. (28 x 21.7 cm)
A top price for Sophie Calle
In November 2011 Christies in New York held the auction Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, which included the work The Sleepers (Les dormeurs) by Sophie Calle. The »bidding war« ended at USD 218,500.00 (€ 162,417.30), 46% above the upper estimate. With this result, The Sleepers (Les dormeurs) is even the most expensive work of art by Sophie Calle that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Sophie Calle
Im November 2011 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Sleepers (Les dormeurs) von Sophie Calle zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 218.500,00 (€ 162.417,30) und damit 46% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Sleepers (Les dormeurs) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Sophie Calle, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Sophie Calle - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
