Ai Weiwei
Self-Portrait in LEGO
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.380 GBP
Price realised: 16.380 GBP
Description
2017
LEGO bricks multiple, within a card mount (as issued), contained in the original grey card presentation box with printed portrait.
38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.)
box 52.1 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 in.)
Signed in black ink and numbered '37/50' (printed) on a label affixed to the reverse of the mount, published to coincide with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace at the Hirshhorn, Washington D.C.
LEGO bricks multiple, within a card mount (as issued), contained in the original grey card presentation box with printed portrait.
38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.)
box 52.1 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 in.)
Signed in black ink and numbered '37/50' (printed) on a label affixed to the reverse of the mount, published to coincide with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace at the Hirshhorn, Washington D.C.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.
The work Self-Portrait in LEGO by Ai Weiwei was auctioned at Phillips in London in January this year. It achieved a price of GBP 16,380.00 (€ 18,591.56), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 64%. 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 64 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Self-Portrait in LEGO von Ai Weiwei kam im Januar diesen Jahres bei Phillips in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 16.380,00 (€ 18.591,56) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 64%. 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).