Walid Raad
Let'S Be Honest, The Weather Helped (Venezuela, Romania, Italy, Iraq, Lybia)
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 41.250 GBP
Price realised: 41.250 GBP
Description
Walid Raad
B. 1967
LET'S BE HONEST, THE WEATHER HELPED (VENEZUELA, ROMANIA, ITALY, IRAQ, LYBIA)
five lightjet colour prints, in artist's frames
each: 46 by 72 cm. 18 1/8 by 28 3/8 in.
Executed in 1998, this work is number 2 from an edition of 7, plus two artist's proofs.
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London | Acquired from the above by the present owner
B. 1967
LET'S BE HONEST, THE WEATHER HELPED (VENEZUELA, ROMANIA, ITALY, IRAQ, LYBIA)
five lightjet colour prints, in artist's frames
each: 46 by 72 cm. 18 1/8 by 28 3/8 in.
Executed in 1998, this work is number 2 from an edition of 7, plus two artist's proofs.
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Let'S Be Honest, The Weather Helped (Venezuela, Romania, Italy, Iraq, Lybia) by Walid Raad was auctioned at Sothebys in London in October 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 41,250.00 (€ 46,517.27). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Walid Raad; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Scratching On Things I Could Disavow (Parts 2-5) sold at auction in April 2015 with the realized price of USD 87,500.00 (€ 78,390.97).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Let'S Be Honest, The Weather Helped (Venezuela, Romania, Italy, Iraq, Lybia) von Walid Raad im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 41.250,00 (€ 46.517,27) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Walid Raad; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Scratching On Things I Could Disavow (Parts 2-5) im April 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 78.390,97).
Walid Raad - Auction history
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