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Kenny Scharf
The Big Bong Theory
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 415.800 USD
Price realised: 415.800 USD
Description
KENNY SCHARF (B. 1958)
The Big Bong Theory
signed, titled and dated 'Kenny Scharf 87 The Big Bong Theory' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, in artist's frame
89 ¼ x 89 in. (226.8 x 226.1 cm.)
Scharf, K.
Executed in 1987.
The Big Bong Theory
signed, titled and dated 'Kenny Scharf 87 The Big Bong Theory' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, in artist's frame
89 ¼ x 89 in. (226.8 x 226.1 cm.)
Scharf, K.
Executed in 1987.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work The Big Bong Theory by Kenny Scharf was auctioned at Christies in New York in May this year. It achieved a price of USD 415,800.00 (€ 390,275.95), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kenny Scharf - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work City of the Future, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 983,175.00 (€ 916,200.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Big Bong Theory von Kenny Scharf kam im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 415.800,00 (€ 390.275,95) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Für andere Arbeiten von Kenny Scharf mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit City of the Future beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 983.175,00 (€ 916.200,73) versteigert wurde.