Piero Manzoni
Achrome
Estimate: 5.000.000 - 7.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.626.500 GBP
Price realised: 12.626.500 GBP
Description
Piero Manzoni
1933 - 1963
ACHROME
signed on the stretcher
kaolin on pleated canvas
110 by 150cm.; 43 3/8 by 59in.
Executed in 1958-59.
Galleria Notizie, Turin | Private Collection, Turin (acquired from the above in 1960) | Private Collection, Switzerland, (acquired from the above in 2006) | Private Collection, Europe
1933 - 1963
ACHROME
signed on the stretcher
kaolin on pleated canvas
110 by 150cm.; 43 3/8 by 59in.
Executed in 1958-59.
Galleria Notizie, Turin | Private Collection, Turin (acquired from the above in 1960) | Private Collection, Switzerland, (acquired from the above in 2006) | Private Collection, Europe
A top price for Piero Manzoni
This artwork by Piero Manzoni achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in October 2014. In the The Italian Sale auction, the work Achrome sold for GBP 12,626,500.00 (€ 16,122,216.56) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000,000.00. This high result makes Achrome the most expensive artwork by Piero Manzoni that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Piero Manzoni
Dieses Kunstwerk von Piero Manzoni erzielte im Oktober 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Italian Sale wurde die Arbeit Achrome für GBP 12.626.500,00 (€ 16.122.216,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Achrome zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Piero Manzoni, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Piero Manzoni - Auction history
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