Man Ray
The Blackball!
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 32.000 USD
Price realised: 32.000 USD
Description
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
The Blackball!
signed with the artist's initials 'MR' (lower left) and inscribed 'the blackball!' (lower right); further inscribed 'Voeux Barros 6 "Dechirages"' (verso)
chalk on black paper laid down on board (the artist's spiral bound sketchbook cover)
10 1/8 x 10 in (25.7 x 25.4 cm) (image)
16 9/16 x 13 3/16 in (42 x 33.5 cm) (board)
Executed circa 1960
The artist's estate. | Juliet Man Ray Collection, Paris (the artist's wife; by descent from the above). | Man Ray Trust, Long Island. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.
The Blackball!
signed with the artist's initials 'MR' (lower left) and inscribed 'the blackball!' (lower right); further inscribed 'Voeux Barros 6 "Dechirages"' (verso)
chalk on black paper laid down on board (the artist's spiral bound sketchbook cover)
10 1/8 x 10 in (25.7 x 25.4 cm) (image)
16 9/16 x 13 3/16 in (42 x 33.5 cm) (board)
Executed circa 1960
The artist's estate. | Juliet Man Ray Collection, Paris (the artist's wife; by descent from the above). | Man Ray Trust, Long Island. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 78 %.
This artwork by Man Ray achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in New York in November this year. In the Surrealism Beyond Reality auction, the work The Blackball! sold for USD 32,000.00 (€ 29,336.27) - well above the upper estimate of USD 18,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Man Ray achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 in May last year with an auction result of USD 12,412,500.00 (€ 11,566,955.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 78 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Man Ray erzielte im November diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Surrealism Beyond Reality wurde die Arbeit The Blackball! für USD 32.000,00 (€ 29.336,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Man Ray erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 12.412.500,00 (€ 11.566.955,55).
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