Hank Willis Thomas

Black Power, 2006

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Aperture, Lot 6
19.Okt - 28.Okt.2020
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
chromogenic print
initialed and numbered '2/30' in ink (verso)
image: 14 1/4 x 23 in. (36.1 x 58.4 cm.)
sheet: 15 3⁄ 4 x 24 in. (40 x 60.9 cm.)
This work is number two from an edition of thirty.
Private Collection, New York; | Courtesy of Michael Hoeh.

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work Black Power, 2006 by Hank Willis Thomas was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2020, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 5,000.00 (€ 4,292.95). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Hank Willis Thomas achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit Black Power, 2006 von Hank Willis Thomas im Oktober 2020 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 5.000,00 (€ 4.292,95) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Hank Willis Thomas erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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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