Lucas Samaras
Box #119
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 662.500 USD
Price realised: 662.500 USD
Description
Lucas Samaras (B. 1936)
wood box construction—rhinestones, beads, yarn, marbles, wire, nails, pins, plastic, fabric, paint, printed paper and photographic collage
open: 15 ¾ x 35 ¾ x 13 in. (34.9 x 90.8 x 33 cm.)
closed: 7 ¼ x 18 ¼ x 11 in. (18.4 x 46.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1987.
Pace Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
wood box construction—rhinestones, beads, yarn, marbles, wire, nails, pins, plastic, fabric, paint, printed paper and photographic collage
open: 15 ¾ x 35 ¾ x 13 in. (34.9 x 90.8 x 33 cm.)
closed: 7 ¼ x 18 ¼ x 11 in. (18.4 x 46.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1987.
Pace Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
A top price for Lucas Samaras
This artwork by Lucas Samaras achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March 2021. In the Post-War to Present auction, the work Box #119 sold for USD 662,500.00 (€ 564,165.89) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. This high result makes Box #119 the most expensive artwork by Lucas Samaras that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Lucas Samaras
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lucas Samaras erzielte im März 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War to Present wurde die Arbeit Box #119 für USD 662.500,00 (€ 564.165,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Box #119 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lucas Samaras, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Lucas Samaras - Auction history
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