Mark Ryden
Queen Bee
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 USD
Price realised: 714.000 USD
Price realised: 714.000 USD
Description
Mark Ryden (b. 1963)
Queen Bee
signed and dated '1RYDEN3' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'MARK RYDEN QUEEN BEE 2013' (lower edge of frame); signed 'Mark Ryden' (on the reverse); stamped twice with artist's stamp 'RYDEN' (on the reverse and reverse of the frame)
oil on panel with hand-carved frame
45 x 29½ in. (114.3 x 74.1 cm.)
Painted in 2013. Please note that this work will be included the upcoming Mark Ryden exhibition at Michael Kohn Gallery in 2013. The successful bidder will agree to return the work to be included in the exhibition. The work will be returned to its owner following the exhibition. All costs associated with shipping and insuring the piece while in transit/during the exhibition will be covered by Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.
Queen Bee
signed and dated '1RYDEN3' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'MARK RYDEN QUEEN BEE 2013' (lower edge of frame); signed 'Mark Ryden' (on the reverse); stamped twice with artist's stamp 'RYDEN' (on the reverse and reverse of the frame)
oil on panel with hand-carved frame
45 x 29½ in. (114.3 x 74.1 cm.)
Painted in 2013. Please note that this work will be included the upcoming Mark Ryden exhibition at Michael Kohn Gallery in 2013. The successful bidder will agree to return the work to be included in the exhibition. The work will be returned to its owner following the exhibition. All costs associated with shipping and insuring the piece while in transit/during the exhibition will be covered by Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.
A top price for Mark Ryden
This artwork by Mark Ryden achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2013. In the The 11th Hour auction, the work Queen Bee sold for USD 714,000.00 (€ 549,738.22) - well above the upper estimate of USD 400,000.00. This high result makes Queen Bee the most expensive artwork by Mark Ryden that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mark Ryden
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mark Ryden erzielte im Mai 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The 11th Hour wurde die Arbeit Queen Bee für USD 714.000,00 (€ 549.738,22) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 400.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Queen Bee zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mark Ryden, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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