Kaari Upson

For A Good Time

Found at Sothebys, London
Afternoon Sale, Lot 9
13. Sep - 13. Sep 2017
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Kaari Upson
B. 1970
FOR A GOOD TIME
each: signed, titled, dated 2008 and variously inscribed on the reverse
oil on panel, in 2 parts
each: 61 by 61 cm. 24 by 24 in.
Maccarone Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009

Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.

This artwork by Kaari Upson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in September 2017. In the Afternoon Sale auction, the work For A Good Time sold for GBP 37,500.00 (€ 42,544.23) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Kaari Upson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Horizon sold at auction in October 2014 with the realized price of GBP 37,500.00 (€ 47,882.08).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Kaari Upson erzielte im September 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Afternoon Sale wurde die Arbeit For A Good Time für GBP 37.500,00 (€ 42.544,23) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Kaari Upson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Horizon im Oktober 2014 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 37.500,00 (€ 47.882,08).

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