Alexander Calder
Poisson volant (Flying Fish)
Estimate: 9.000.000 - 12.000.000 USD
Price realised: 25.925.000 USD
Price realised: 25.925.000 USD
Description
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Poisson volant (Flying Fish)
signed with initials and dated 'CA 57' (on the largest element)
hanging mobile--painted sheet metal, rod and wire
24 x 89 x 40 in. (60.9 x 226.0 x 101.6 cm.)
Executed in 1957.
Poisson volant (Flying Fish)
signed with initials and dated 'CA 57' (on the largest element)
hanging mobile--painted sheet metal, rod and wire
24 x 89 x 40 in. (60.9 x 226.0 x 101.6 cm.)
Executed in 1957.
A top price for Alexander Calder
This artwork by Alexander Calder achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2014. In the Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale auction, the work Poisson volant (Flying Fish) sold for USD 25,925,000.00 (€ 19,006,598.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000,000.00. This high result makes Poisson volant (Flying Fish) the most expensive artwork by Alexander Calder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alexander Calder
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexander Calder erzielte im Mai 2014 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Poisson volant (Flying Fish) für USD 25.925.000,00 (€ 19.006.598,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Poisson volant (Flying Fish) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alexander Calder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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