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- Neo-lithic
Isamu Noguchi
Neo-lithic
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Description
welded with the artist's initials and date 'I.N. '82' (lower edge); stamped with the artist's name, inscription, title, number and date 'ISAMU NOGUCHI Neo-lithic 11/18 © Isamu Noguchi Foundation 1983' (on a plaque affixed to the inner edge)
hot-dipped galvanized steel
72 ¼ x 28 ¼ x 16 ¼ in. (183.5 x 71.8 x 41.3 cm.)
Executed in 1982-1983. This work is number eleven from an edition of eighteen plus a Prototype, five artist's proofs and three publisher's proofs.
Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles | Private collection, Beverly Hills | Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 23 February 1999, lot 130 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
hot-dipped galvanized steel
72 ¼ x 28 ¼ x 16 ¼ in. (183.5 x 71.8 x 41.3 cm.)
Executed in 1982-1983. This work is number eleven from an edition of eighteen plus a Prototype, five artist's proofs and three publisher's proofs.
Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles | Private collection, Beverly Hills | Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 23 February 1999, lot 130 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Neo-lithic by Isamu Noguchi was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 75,000.00 (€ 68,002.54). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Isamu Noguchi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Garden Elements in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 4,727,500.00 (€ 4,207,458.17).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Neo-lithic von Isamu Noguchi im März 2020 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 75.000,00 (€ 68.002,54) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Isamu Noguchi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Garden Elements im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 4.727.500,00 (€ 4.207.458,17).