Robert Morris
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Colossal! Monumental Works from the 1980s, Lot 10
18. Jul - 18. Jul 2019
Colossal! Monumental Works from the 1980s, Lot 10
18. Jul - 18. Jul 2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Description
ROBERT MORRIS
1931 - 2018
UNTITLED
signed on the reverse; also signed on the reverse of the upper left, upper right and lower right artist's frame panels
acrylic silkscreen and encaustic on 2 aluminum panels, in 4-part cast fiberglass artist's frame
145 by 163 by 14 in. (368.3 by 416.6 by 35.6 cm)
Executed in 1987.
PROVENANCE
Sonnabend Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 1988
Sonnabend Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 1988
1931 - 2018
UNTITLED
signed on the reverse; also signed on the reverse of the upper left, upper right and lower right artist's frame panels
acrylic silkscreen and encaustic on 2 aluminum panels, in 4-part cast fiberglass artist's frame
145 by 163 by 14 in. (368.3 by 416.6 by 35.6 cm)
Executed in 1987.
PROVENANCE
Sonnabend Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 1988
Sonnabend Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 1988
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When this work without title by Robert Morris was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in July 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 22,500.00 (€ 20,215.63). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Robert Morris achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work without title in November 2010 with an auction result of USD 1,258,500.00 (€ 965,403.50).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit ohne Titel von Robert Morris im Juli 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 22.500,00 (€ 20.215,63) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Robert Morris erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ohne Titel im November 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.258.500,00 (€ 965.403,50).
Robert Morris - Auction history
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