La2/Laroc
Police Shield. 2010
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Description
LA2/LAROC [ANGEL ORTIZ]
POLICE SHIELD. 2010.
Oil and enamel marker on vintage NYPD riot shield.
39 1/4 x 19 in; 99.7 x 48.3 cm. Signed.
A fantastic example of the artist's work, transforming an appropriated object, in this case an NYPD Riot Shield, an object often associated with violence, into a compelling work of art.
LA2/LAROC is the tag of Artist Angel Ortiz. Hailing from the lower East Side of New York City, LA2 befriended fellow artist Keith Haring while in his early teens. :LA2's art is his signature language of visual lines that radiate energy. The pair went on to collaborate on numerous artworks together, including on vases, canvases, sculptures, and walls, with LA2's graffiti being the perfect complement to Haring's easily identifiable, simply outlined
PROVENANCE:
Artist LA2 to Woodward Gallery, NYC
POLICE SHIELD. 2010.
Oil and enamel marker on vintage NYPD riot shield.
39 1/4 x 19 in; 99.7 x 48.3 cm. Signed.
A fantastic example of the artist's work, transforming an appropriated object, in this case an NYPD Riot Shield, an object often associated with violence, into a compelling work of art.
LA2/LAROC is the tag of Artist Angel Ortiz. Hailing from the lower East Side of New York City, LA2 befriended fellow artist Keith Haring while in his early teens. :LA2's art is his signature language of visual lines that radiate energy. The pair went on to collaborate on numerous artworks together, including on vases, canvases, sculptures, and walls, with LA2's graffiti being the perfect complement to Haring's easily identifiable, simply outlined
PROVENANCE:
Artist LA2 to Woodward Gallery, NYC
A top price for LA II
When the work Police Shield. 2010 by LA II was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 20,160.00 (€ 17,204.30). This high result makes Police Shield. 2010 the most expensive artwork by LA II that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für LA II
Als die Arbeit Police Shield. 2010 von LA II im September 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 20.160,00 (€ 17.204,30) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Police Shield. 2010 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von LA II, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
LA II - Auction history
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