Trevor Paglen
Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B)
Estimate: 18.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 43.750 USD
Price realised: 43.750 USD
Description
TREVOR PAGLEN (B. 1974)
Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B)
chromogenic print, in artist's frame
48 x 42 in. (121.9 x 106.7 cm.)
Executed in 2012. This work is number one from an edition of five, plus two artist's proof.
Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B)
chromogenic print, in artist's frame
48 x 42 in. (121.9 x 106.7 cm.)
Executed in 2012. This work is number one from an edition of five, plus two artist's proof.
A top price for Trevor Paglen
This artwork by Trevor Paglen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2021. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B) sold for USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,761.41) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. This high result makes Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B) the most expensive artwork by Trevor Paglen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Trevor Paglen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Trevor Paglen erzielte im November 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B) für USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.761,41) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Trevor Paglen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Trevor Paglen - Auction history
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