Adrian Piper
Decide Who You Are #25: How To Handle Black People: A Beginner'S Manual
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection, Lot 80
7. Mar - 7. Mar 2013
Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection, Lot 80
7. Mar - 7. Mar 2013
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Description
Adrian Piper
B.1948
DECIDE WHO YOU ARE #25: HOW TO HANDLE BLACK PEOPLE: A BEGINNER'S MANUAL
color coupler prints, in 3 parts
i. 73 by 43 in. 185.4 by 109.2 cm. ii. 73 by 52 3/4 in. 185.4 by 134 cm.
iii. 73 by 43 in. 185.4 by 109.2 cm.
Executed in 1992.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York | Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles | Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above
B.1948
DECIDE WHO YOU ARE #25: HOW TO HANDLE BLACK PEOPLE: A BEGINNER'S MANUAL
color coupler prints, in 3 parts
i. 73 by 43 in. 185.4 by 109.2 cm. ii. 73 by 52 3/4 in. 185.4 by 134 cm.
iii. 73 by 43 in. 185.4 by 109.2 cm.
Executed in 1992.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York | Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles | Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above
Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.
The work Decide Who You Are #25: How To Handle Black People: A Beginner'S Manual by Adrian Piper was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2013. It achieved a price of USD 98,500.00 (€ 76,857.05), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 64%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Adrian Piper; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Decide Who You Are #22: Field Work sold at auction in November 2018 with the realized price of USD 125,000.00 (€ 110,394.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 64 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Decide Who You Are #25: How To Handle Black People: A Beginner'S Manual von Adrian Piper kam im März 2013 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 98.500,00 (€ 76.857,05) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 64%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Adrian Piper; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Decide Who You Are #22: Field Work im November 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 125.000,00 (€ 110.394,77).
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