Njideka Akunyili Crosby

The Beautyful Ones

Found at Christies, London
Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 3
07.Mrz - 07.Mrz.2017
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.517.000 GBP
signed and dated ‘Akunyili 2012’ (lower left)
acrylic, pastel, colour pencil and Xerox transfer on paper
95 5/8 x 66 7/8in. (243 x 170cm.)
Executed in 2012
Zidoun and Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013.

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work The Beautyful Ones by Njideka Akunyili Crosby was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 600,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 2,517,000.00 (€ 2,949,675.55). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Njideka Akunyili Crosby; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Beautyful Ones sold at auction in November last year with the realized price of USD 4,740,000.00 (€ 4,591,688.46).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Beautyful Ones von Njideka Akunyili Crosby im März 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 600.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.517.000,00 (€ 2.949.675,55) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Njideka Akunyili Crosby; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Beautyful Ones im November letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 4.740.000,00 (€ 4.591.688,46).

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