Trevor Paglen
Untitled (Reaper Drone)
Found at
Christies,
Paris (Online Auction)
First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, Lot 116
21. Jun - 5. Jul 2023
First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, Lot 116
21. Jun - 5. Jul 2023
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.860 GBP
Price realised: 13.860 GBP
Description
TREVOR PAGLEN (B. 1974) Untitled (Reaper Drone) signed 'T Paglen' (on a label affixed to the reverse) pigment print, in artist's frame image: 48 x 60in. (121.9 x 152.4cm.) overall: 49 1 ⁄ 8 x 61 1 ⁄ 8 in. (125.4 x 155.2cm.) Executed in 2014, this work is number two from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Trevor Paglen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Paris in July this year. In the First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online auction, the work Untitled (Reaper Drone) sold for GBP 13,860.00 (€ 16,170.42) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Trevor Paglen - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B), which sold at auction in November 2021 for USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,761.41).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Trevor Paglen erzielte im Juli diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Reaper Drone) für GBP 13.860,00 (€ 16.170,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Trevor Paglen mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B) beobachtet, die im November 2021 für USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.761,41) versteigert wurde.
Trevor Paglen - Auction history
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