Chris Smith
Ali Versus The Beatles, 1964
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Description
CHRIS SMITH (B. 1937)
Ali Versus the Beatles, 1964
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted to aluminium, printed later
signed and numbered '4/50' in ink (margin, recto)
image: 40 x 60in. (101.5 x 152.5cm.)
sheet/flush-mount: 46 x 66in. (116.8 x 167.7cm.)
This print is number 4 from the edition of 50.
Ali Versus the Beatles, 1964
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted to aluminium, printed later
signed and numbered '4/50' in ink (margin, recto)
image: 40 x 60in. (101.5 x 152.5cm.)
sheet/flush-mount: 46 x 66in. (116.8 x 167.7cm.)
This print is number 4 from the edition of 50.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Chris Smith achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2013. In the Photographs auction, the work Ali Versus The Beatles, 1964 sold for GBP 13,750.00 (€ 16,252.39) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Chris Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Ali And The Beatles, 1964, which sold at auction in September 2018 for GBP 43,750.00 (€ 49,136.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Chris Smith erzielte im Oktober 2013 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Ali Versus The Beatles, 1964 für GBP 13.750,00 (€ 16.252,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Chris Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Ali And The Beatles, 1964 beobachtet, die im September 2018 für GBP 43.750,00 (€ 49.136,87) versteigert wurde.
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