Alex Katz
Ukulele Player
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 353.175 USD
Price realised: 353.175 USD
Description
ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)
Ukulele Player
1981
oil on canvas
54 by 48 in.
137.2 by 121.9 cm.
This work was executed in 1981.
Marlborough Gallery, New York | Private Collection, USA | Sale: Leland Little, Hillsborough, North Carolina, The Winter Quarterly Auction, 2 December 2017, Lot 177 | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Ukulele Player
1981
oil on canvas
54 by 48 in.
137.2 by 121.9 cm.
This work was executed in 1981.
Marlborough Gallery, New York | Private Collection, USA | Sale: Leland Little, Hillsborough, North Carolina, The Winter Quarterly Auction, 2 December 2017, Lot 177 | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Alex Katz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in New York in November last year. In the Post-War & Contemporary Art auction, the work Ukulele Player sold for USD 353,175.00 (€ 342,124.38) - well above the upper estimate of USD 200,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alex Katz achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Blue Umbrella I in October 2019 with an auction result of GBP 3,375,000.00 (€ 3,914,757.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alex Katz erzielte im November letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Ukulele Player für USD 353.175,00 (€ 342.124,38) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 200.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alex Katz erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Blue Umbrella I im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.375.000,00 (€ 3.914.757,96).