Christian Boltanski

Les morts pour rire (la noyade)

Found at Christies, Amsterdam (Online Auction)
20th/21st Century: Amsterdam, Lot 161
11. Nov - 25. Nov 2021
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 EUR
Price realised: 4.750 EUR
Christian Boltanski (1944-2021)
Les morts pour rire (la noyade)
titled 'LES MORTS POUR RIRI -La Noyade-' (upper and lower centre)
two gelatin silver prints laid on black paper laid on plywood
each image: 24 x 17.5cm.
overall: 30.5 x 46cm.
Executed in 1974
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work Les morts pour rire (la noyade) by Christian Boltanski was worth EUR 4,750.00 to a buyer in November 2021. This price was achieved in the auction 20th/21st Century: Amsterdam at Christies in Amsterdam and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 1,500.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Christian Boltanski achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Monument (Odessa) in November 2000 with an auction result of USD 138,000.00 (€ 158,730.16).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Les morts pour rire (la noyade) von Christian Boltanski war einem Käufer im November 2021 EUR 4.750,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 20th/21st Century: Amsterdam bei Christies in Amsterdam erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Christian Boltanski erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Monument (Odessa) im November 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 138.000,00 (€ 158.730,16).

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