Fred Eerdekens
It Is There Always The Same Place In Your Head
Found at
Christies,
London
Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, Lot 394
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2012
Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, Lot 394
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2012
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Description
Fred Eerdekens (b. 1951)
It is there always the same place in your head
copper and light, in two parts
5 3/8 x 51 1/8 x 4 7/8in. (13.4 x 129.9 x 12.5cm.)
Executed in 2005
It is there always the same place in your head
copper and light, in two parts
5 3/8 x 51 1/8 x 4 7/8in. (13.4 x 129.9 x 12.5cm.)
Executed in 2005
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Fred Eerdekens achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction auction, the work It Is There Always The Same Place In Your Head sold for GBP 15,000.00 (€ 18,649.87) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Fred Eerdekens; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Very Short Story With A Lot Of Fiction In The Middle And Something sold at auction in October 2010 with the realized price of GBP 17,500.00 (€ 20,177.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Fred Eerdekens erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction wurde die Arbeit It Is There Always The Same Place In Your Head für GBP 15.000,00 (€ 18.649,87) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Fred Eerdekens; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Very Short Story With A Lot Of Fiction In The Middle And Something im Oktober 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 17.500,00 (€ 20.177,77).
Fred Eerdekens - Auction history
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