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Bridget Riley
Study For 'Day and Night' Revision B
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 126.000 GBP
Price realised: 126.000 GBP
Description
BRIDGET RILEY (B. 1931)
Study For 'Day and Night' Revision B
signed and dated ‘Bridget Riley '03' (lower right); titled and dated 'Study for Day and Night. Revision B. 21 November.’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
15 3/4 x 40 1/2in. (40 x 102.8cm.)
Executed in 2003
Study For 'Day and Night' Revision B
signed and dated ‘Bridget Riley '03' (lower right); titled and dated 'Study for Day and Night. Revision B. 21 November.’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
15 3/4 x 40 1/2in. (40 x 102.8cm.)
Executed in 2003
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by Bridget Riley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March this year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Study For 'Day and Night' Revision B sold for GBP 126,000.00 (€ 143,349.34) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 70,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Bridget Riley achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled (Diagonal Curve) in June 2016 with an auction result of GBP 4,338,500.00 (€ 5,207,615.75).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Bridget Riley erzielte im März diesen Jahres bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Study For 'Day and Night' Revision B für GBP 126.000,00 (€ 143.349,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 70.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Bridget Riley erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled (Diagonal Curve) im Juni 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.338.500,00 (€ 5.207.615,75).