Gilles Bensimon

Elle and Friends Number 3

Found at Sothebys, London
Photographs, Lot 11
13. May - 19. May 2022
Estimate: 3.500 - 5.500 GBP
Price realised: 12.600 GBP
Gilles Bensimon
b. 1944
'Elle and Friends Number 3'
chromogenic print, flush-mounted to aluminium, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '1/6' in ink on label on the reverse, framed, circa 1987, printed later
image: 68 by 46.3 cm (26¾ by 18¼ in.)
frame: 60 by 81.5 cm (23⅝ by 32⅛ in.)

A top price for Gilles Bensimon

This artwork by Gilles Bensimon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May last year. In the Photographs auction, the work Elle and Friends Number 3 sold for GBP 12,600.00 (€ 14,822.70) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,500.00. This high result makes Elle and Friends Number 3 the most expensive artwork by Gilles Bensimon that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Gilles Bensimon

Dieses Kunstwerk von Gilles Bensimon erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Elle and Friends Number 3 für GBP 12.600,00 (€ 14.822,70) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.500,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Elle and Friends Number 3 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gilles Bensimon, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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