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Glenn Ligon
Stranger #57
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 1.560.000 USD
Price realised: 1.560.000 USD
Description
GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)
Stranger #57
signed, titled and dated 'Stranger #57 2012 Glenn Ligon' (on the reverse)
oilstick, acrylic, and coal dust on canvas
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 2012.
Stranger #57
signed, titled and dated 'Stranger #57 2012 Glenn Ligon' (on the reverse)
oilstick, acrylic, and coal dust on canvas
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 2012.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 95 %.
This artwork by Glenn Ligon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the 21st Century Evening Sale auction, the work Stranger #57 sold for USD 1,560,000.00 (€ 1,453,732.18) - well above the upper estimate of USD 800,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Glenn Ligon - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (I Was Somebody), which sold at auction in November 2014 for USD 3,973,000.00 (€ 3,194,243.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 95 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Glenn Ligon erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 21st Century Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Stranger #57 für USD 1.560.000,00 (€ 1.453.732,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Glenn Ligon mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (I Was Somebody) beobachtet, die im November 2014 für USD 3.973.000,00 (€ 3.194.243,45) versteigert wurde.