Amy Sherald
The Bathers
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 1
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2020
20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 1
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2020
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 4.265.000 USD
Price realised: 4.265.000 USD
Description
signed and dated "Amy Sherald 2015 Amy Sherald" on the reverse
oil on canvas
72 1/8 x 67 in. (183.2 x 170.2 cm)
Painted in 2015.
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville | Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2015
oil on canvas
72 1/8 x 67 in. (183.2 x 170.2 cm)
Painted in 2015.
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville | Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2015
A top price for Amy Sherald
When the work The Bathers by Amy Sherald was auctioned at Phillips in New York in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 21 times as high at USD 4,265,000.00 (€ 3,487,326.25). This high result makes The Bathers the most expensive artwork by Amy Sherald that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Amy Sherald
Als die Arbeit The Bathers von Amy Sherald im Dezember 2020 bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 4.265.000,00 (€ 3.487.326,25) mehr als 21-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Bathers zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Amy Sherald, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Amy Sherald - Auction history
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