Ed Ruscha

Manual Mobility

Found at Phillips, New York Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot Ο ◆29
17. May - 17. May 2023
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 USD
Price realised: 3.448.000 USD
signed and dated “Ed Ruscha 1994” on the overlap
acrylic on canvas
60 x 84 in. (152.4 x 213.4 cm)
Painted in 1994.

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work Manual Mobility by Ed Ruscha was auctioned at Phillips in New York in May this year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 4,000,000.00 – 6,000,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 3,448,000.00 (€ 3,236,343.16). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ed Ruscha achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Hurting the Word Radio #2 in November 2019 with an auction result of USD 52,485,000.00 (€ 47,631,364.01).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit Manual Mobility von Ed Ruscha im Mai diesen Jahres bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 4.000.000,00 – 6.000.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 3.448.000,00 (€ 3.236.343,16) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ed Ruscha erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Hurting the Word Radio #2 im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 52.485.000,00 (€ 47.631.364,01).

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