Ai Weiwei
Self-Portrait in LEGO
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 17.640 USD
Price realised: 17.640 USD
Description
2017
LEGO bricks multiple, mounted (as issued), contained within the original card presentation box with printed portrait.
15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
box 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 in. (52.1 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm)
Signed in black ink and numbered '38/50' (printed) on a label affixed to the reverse, published to coincide with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace at the Hirshhorn, Washington D.C.
LEGO bricks multiple, mounted (as issued), contained within the original card presentation box with printed portrait.
15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
box 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 in. (52.1 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm)
Signed in black ink and numbered '38/50' (printed) on a label affixed to the reverse, published to coincide with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace at the Hirshhorn, Washington D.C.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
In October last year Phillips in New York held the auction Editions & Works on Paper, which included the work Self-Portrait in LEGO by Ai Weiwei. The »bidding war« ended at USD 17,640.00 (€ 17,757.20), 47% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ai Weiwei achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads in June 2015 with an auction result of GBP 3,442,500.00 (€ 4,853,881.79).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Im Oktober letzten Jahres führte Phillips in New York die Auktion Editions & Works on Paper durch, in der auch die Arbeit Self-Portrait in LEGO von Ai Weiwei zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 17.640,00 (€ 17.757,20) und damit 47% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ai Weiwei erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.442.500,00 (€ 4.853.881,79).