Toyin Ojih Odutola
What You Think You See
Found at
Phillips,
New York
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 414
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session, Lot 414
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 239.400 USD
Price realised: 239.400 USD
Description
signed, titled and dated "Toyin Ojih ODUTOLA "WHAT YOU THiNK YOU SEE" (2014)" on the reverse
charcoal, pastel, marker and graphite on paper
29 1/4 x 30 in. (74.3 x 76.2 cm)
Executed in 2014.
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014
charcoal, pastel, marker and graphite on paper
29 1/4 x 30 in. (74.3 x 76.2 cm)
Executed in 2014.
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work What You Think You See by Toyin Ojih Odutola was worth USD 239,400.00 (€ 195,748.16) to a buyer in December 2020. This price was achieved in the auction 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session at Phillips in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 60,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Toyin Ojih Odutola have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Through Line in November 2021 with an auction result of USD 2,198,000.00 (€ 1,947,373.08).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit What You Think You See von Toyin Ojih Odutola war einem Käufer im Dezember 2020 USD 239.400,00 (€ 195.748,16) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session bei Phillips in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Toyin Ojih Odutola auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Through Line im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.198.000,00 (€ 1.947.373,08).
Toyin Ojih Odutola - Auction history
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