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- Francisco Zúñiga
- Platicando
Francisco Zúñiga
Platicando
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Francisco Zúñiga
1912 - 1998
Platicando
inscribed with artist's signature, dated 1963 and numbered III/III
bronze
length: 10 in.
25.4 cm.
Executed in 1963, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3. We wish to thank Ariel Zúñiga for his kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work. It will be included in the forthcoming updated version of the catalogue raisonné of sculpture as number 542.
Connecticut Fine Arts, Westport | Private Collection, Connecticut (acquired from the above circa 1981) | Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above) | Christie's New York, 30 May 2013, Lot 195 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Francisco Zúñiga
1912 - 1998
Platicando
inscribed with artist's signature, dated 1963 and numbered III/III
bronze
length: 10 in.
25.4 cm.
Executed in 1963, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3. We wish to thank Ariel Zúñiga for his kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work. It will be included in the forthcoming updated version of the catalogue raisonné of sculpture as number 542.
Connecticut Fine Arts, Westport | Private Collection, Connecticut (acquired from the above circa 1981) | Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above) | Christie's New York, 30 May 2013, Lot 195 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Platicando by Francisco Zúñiga was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in December 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 44,100.00 (€ 38,964.48). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Francisco Zúñiga achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Grupo de cuatro mujeres de pie in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 3,127,500.00 (€ 2,783,463.87).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Platicando von Francisco Zúñiga im Dezember 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 44.100,00 (€ 38.964,48) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Francisco Zúñiga erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Grupo de cuatro mujeres de pie im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.127.500,00 (€ 2.783.463,87).