Enrique Martinez Celaya
Beautiful Life
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post -War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, Lot 491
17. May - 17. May 2007
Post -War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, Lot 491
17. May - 17. May 2007
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 60.000 USD
Price realised: 60.000 USD
Description
Enrique Martinez Celaya (b. 1964)
Beautiful Life
signed, titled and dated 'Beautiful Life Martinez Celaya 2000' (on the reverse)
oil, wax and tar on canvas
66 x 72 in. (167.6 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 2000.
Beautiful Life
signed, titled and dated 'Beautiful Life Martinez Celaya 2000' (on the reverse)
oil, wax and tar on canvas
66 x 72 in. (167.6 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 2000.
A top price for Enrique Martinez Celaya - as previously expected
The work Beautiful Life by Enrique Martinez Celaya was sold in the Post -War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session auction at Christies in New York in May 2007. The price achieved of USD 60,000.00 (€ 44,599.72) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 50,000.00 – 70,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Beautiful Life is the most expensive artwork by Enrique Martinez Celaya that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Beautiful Life von Enrique Martinez Celaya wurde im Mai 2007 in der Auktion Post -War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 60.000,00 (€ 44.599,72) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 50.000,00 – 70.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Beautiful Life das teuerste Kunstwerk von Enrique Martinez Celaya, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Enrique Martinez Celaya - Auction history
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