Janine Antoni
Gnaw
Found at
Christies,
New York
Contemporary Art (Evening Sale), Lot 50
16. May - 16. May 2000
Contemporary Art (Evening Sale), Lot 50
16. May - 16. May 2000
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Janine Antoni (b. 1964)
Gnaw
six hundred pounds of chocolate before biting
six hundred pounds of lard before biting
Phenylethylamine--45 heart shaped packages made from chewed chocolate removed from Chocolate Gnaw, 400 lipsticks made from pigment, beeswax and chewed lard removed from Lard Gnaw, display cabinet
dimensions vary with installation
Executed in 1992.
Gnaw
six hundred pounds of chocolate before biting
six hundred pounds of lard before biting
Phenylethylamine--45 heart shaped packages made from chewed chocolate removed from Chocolate Gnaw, 400 lipsticks made from pigment, beeswax and chewed lard removed from Lard Gnaw, display cabinet
dimensions vary with installation
Executed in 1992.
A top price for Janine Antoni
This artwork by Janine Antoni achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2000. In the Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) auction, the work Gnaw sold for USD 204,000.00 (€ 218,696.40) - well above the upper estimate of USD 100,000.00. This high result makes Gnaw the most expensive artwork by Janine Antoni that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Janine Antoni
Dieses Kunstwerk von Janine Antoni erzielte im Mai 2000 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) wurde die Arbeit Gnaw für USD 204.000,00 (€ 218.696,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Gnaw zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Janine Antoni, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Janine Antoni - Auction history
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