Valie Export
'Zuhockung Ii' (Squat In Ii) (From Körperkonfigurationen (Body Configurations))
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 25.200 USD
Price realised: 25.200 USD
Description
VALIE EXPORT
B. 1940
'ZUHOCKUNG II' (SQUAT IN II) (FROM KÖRPERKONFIGURATIONEN (BODY CONFIGURATIONS))
unique gelatin silver print with black paint, signed and titled in ink and with the photographer's credit stamp, dated in ink, on the image, mounted, framed, a Walker Art Center exhibition label on the reverse, 1972
image: 16⅜ by 24⅜ in. (41.6 by 61.9 cm.)
framed: 21½ by 30½ in. (54.6 by 77.5 cm.)
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Gallery, Inc., New York, 2000
B. 1940
'ZUHOCKUNG II' (SQUAT IN II) (FROM KÖRPERKONFIGURATIONEN (BODY CONFIGURATIONS))
unique gelatin silver print with black paint, signed and titled in ink and with the photographer's credit stamp, dated in ink, on the image, mounted, framed, a Walker Art Center exhibition label on the reverse, 1972
image: 16⅜ by 24⅜ in. (41.6 by 61.9 cm.)
framed: 21½ by 30½ in. (54.6 by 77.5 cm.)
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Gallery, Inc., New York, 2000
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Valie Export achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in October 2020. In the Contemporary Photographs auction, the work 'Zuhockung Ii' (Squat In Ii) (From Körperkonfigurationen (Body Configurations)) sold for USD 25,200.00 (€ 21,636.47) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Valie Export - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'Einkreisung' (Encirclement) (From Körperkonfigurationen (Body Configurations)), which sold at auction in October 2020 for USD 60,480.00 (€ 51,927.53).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Valie Export erzielte im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Photographs wurde die Arbeit 'Zuhockung Ii' (Squat In Ii) (From Körperkonfigurationen (Body Configurations)) für USD 25.200,00 (€ 21.636,47) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Valie Export mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'Einkreisung' (Encirclement) (From Körperkonfigurationen (Body Configurations)) beobachtet, die im Oktober 2020 für USD 60.480,00 (€ 51.927,53) versteigert wurde.
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