Francis Alÿs
Study For The Last Clown
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 288.000 GBP
Price realised: 288.000 GBP
Description
Francis Alÿs (b. 1959)
Study for the Last Clown
each: signed, inscribed and numbered 'F. Alÿs' (lower right) and titled 'Study for the Last Clown' (lower left)
watercolour, enamel and pencil on eighteen sheets of tracing paper
each: 10½ x 13 5/8in. (26.8 x 34.5cm.)
Executed in 2000
Study for the Last Clown
each: signed, inscribed and numbered 'F. Alÿs' (lower right) and titled 'Study for the Last Clown' (lower left)
watercolour, enamel and pencil on eighteen sheets of tracing paper
each: 10½ x 13 5/8in. (26.8 x 34.5cm.)
Executed in 2000
A top price for Francis Alÿs
This artwork by Francis Alÿs achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2007. In the The Cap Collection auction, the work Study For The Last Clown sold for GBP 288,000.00 (€ 427,377.51) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes Study For The Last Clown the most expensive artwork by Francis Alÿs that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Francis Alÿs
Dieses Kunstwerk von Francis Alÿs erzielte im Juni 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Cap Collection wurde die Arbeit Study For The Last Clown für GBP 288.000,00 (€ 427.377,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Study For The Last Clown zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Francis Alÿs, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Francis Alÿs - Auction history
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