Sorel Etrog

Key Head Gendarme

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art, Lot 372
11.Jul - 20.Jul.2017
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
incised with the artist's signature 'ETROG' (lower edge); incised again with the artist's signature and numbered '1/7 ETROG' (on the reverse)
bronze with brown patina
17 ½ x 14 ¼ x 4 ¼ in. (44.5 x 36.2 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 1967-1968. This work is number one from an edition of seven.
Weintraub Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Sorel Etrog achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in July 2017. In the First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art auction, the work Key Head Gendarme sold for USD 25,000.00 (€ 21,139.86) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. Admittedly, works by Sorel Etrog have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Family Group in November 2013 with an auction result of USD 161,000.00 (€ 118,330.15).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Sorel Etrog erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Key Head Gendarme für USD 25.000,00 (€ 21.139,86) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Sorel Etrog auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Family Group im November 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 161.000,00 (€ 118.330,15).

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