Brion Gysin

Dreamachine

Found at Sothebys, New York
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring, Lot 1059
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2020
Estimate: 600 - 800 USD
Price realised: 32.760 USD
THIS LOT IS BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE
Dear Keith: Works from the Personal Collection of Keith Haring
BRION GYSIN
1916 - 1986
DREAMACHINE
signed, dated 85 and inscribed To Keith on the underside
motorized sculpture with plastic, cut paperboard, lightbulb and electric component
Sculpture: 46¼ by 11⅞ by 11⅞ in. (117.4 by 30.2 by 30.2 cm.)
Base: 24 by 18 by 18 in. (61 by 45.7 by 45.7 cm.) Overall Installed: 66¼ by 18 by 18 in. (168.3 by 45.7 by 45.7 cm.)
Estate of Keith Haring, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1985) | The Keith Haring Foundation (by bequest from the above in 1990)

A top price for Brion Gysin

When the work Dreamachine by Brion Gysin was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 40 times as high at USD 32,760.00 (€ 28,127.41). This high result makes Dreamachine the most expensive artwork by Brion Gysin that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Brion Gysin

Als die Arbeit Dreamachine von Brion Gysin im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 32.760,00 (€ 28.127,41) mehr als 40-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Dreamachine zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Brion Gysin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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