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- Battery May 5, 1986
Donald Sultan
Battery May 5, 1986
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'Battery May 5 1986 D.S.' (right edge); signed again 'SULTAN' (on the stretcher of each element); titled again, numbered consecutively and dated again 'BATTERY MAY 5, 1986 #1-4' (on the reverse of each element)
latex paint and tar on vinyl composite tile on Masonite laid down on panel in four parts
96 x 96 x 5 in. (243.8 x 243.8 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Blum Helman Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
latex paint and tar on vinyl composite tile on Masonite laid down on panel in four parts
96 x 96 x 5 in. (243.8 x 243.8 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Blum Helman Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
A top price for Donald Sultan
This artwork by Donald Sultan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in February 2019. In the Post-War to Present auction, the work Battery May 5, 1986 sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 76,896.04) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Battery May 5, 1986 the most expensive artwork by Donald Sultan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Donald Sultan
Dieses Kunstwerk von Donald Sultan erzielte im Februar 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War to Present wurde die Arbeit Battery May 5, 1986 für USD 87.500,00 (€ 76.896,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Battery May 5, 1986 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Donald Sultan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.