Aurel Schmidt
Body Swallows World
Found at
Christies,
New York
Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery, Lot 65
22.Mrz - 22.Mrz.2017
Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery, Lot 65
22.Mrz - 22.Mrz.2017
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Aurel Schmidt 2007' (on the reverse)
graphite and coloured pencil on paper
23 x 40in. (58.3 x 101.5cm.)
Executed in 2007
Peres Projects, Berlin. | Acquired from the above in 2007.
graphite and coloured pencil on paper
23 x 40in. (58.3 x 101.5cm.)
Executed in 2007
Peres Projects, Berlin. | Acquired from the above in 2007.
A top price for Aurel Schmidt
This artwork by Aurel Schmidt achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March 2017. In the Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery auction, the work Body Swallows World sold for USD 17,500.00 (€ 16,358.20) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. This high result makes Body Swallows World the most expensive artwork by Aurel Schmidt that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Aurel Schmidt
Dieses Kunstwerk von Aurel Schmidt erzielte im März 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery wurde die Arbeit Body Swallows World für USD 17.500,00 (€ 16.358,20) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Body Swallows World zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Aurel Schmidt, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Aurel Schmidt - Auction history
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