Hank Willis Thomas

Basketball and Chain, 2003

Found at Christies, New York
Photographs, Lot 246
02.Okt - 02.Okt.2019
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Lambda print
signed and dated by the artist in ink on accompanying certificate of authenticity (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
This work is number three from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs.
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. | Courtesy of a Private Collector, New York.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.

The work Basketball and Chain, 2003 by Hank Willis Thomas was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2019. It achieved a price of USD 30,000.00 (€ 26,893.77), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Admittedly, works by Hank Willis Thomas have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Society of the Spectacle (Spectrum IV) in March this year with an auction result of USD 127,000.00 (€ 116,813.83).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Basketball and Chain, 2003 von Hank Willis Thomas kam im Oktober 2019 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 30.000,00 (€ 26.893,77) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Hank Willis Thomas auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Society of the Spectacle (Spectrum IV) im März diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 127.000,00 (€ 116.813,83).

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