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Roy Lichtenstein
As I Opened Fire (triptych)
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 3.570 USD
Price realised: 3.570 USD
Description
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
As I Opened Fire (triptych) (Corlett App.5), 1966
The complete set of three offset lithograph on wove paper, from the edition of 3,140, published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, printed by Drukkerij Luii & Co., The Netherlands, with full margins.
23 7/8 x 19 5/8in (60.6 x 49.8cm)
sheet 25 x 20 3/4in (63.5 x 52.7cm)
As I Opened Fire (triptych) (Corlett App.5), 1966
The complete set of three offset lithograph on wove paper, from the edition of 3,140, published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, printed by Drukkerij Luii & Co., The Netherlands, with full margins.
23 7/8 x 19 5/8in (60.6 x 49.8cm)
sheet 25 x 20 3/4in (63.5 x 52.7cm)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by Roy Lichtenstein achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in December last year. In the Deck the WallsPrints & Multiples auction, the work As I Opened Fire (triptych) sold for USD 3,570.00 (€ 3,337.07) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Roy Lichtenstein achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Nurse in November 2015 with an auction result of USD 95,365,000.00 (€ 90,290,664.65).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Roy Lichtenstein erzielte im Dezember letzten Jahres bei Bonhams einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Deck the WallsPrints & Multiples wurde die Arbeit As I Opened Fire (triptych) für USD 3.570,00 (€ 3.337,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Roy Lichtenstein erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Nurse im November 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 95.365.000,00 (€ 90.290.664,65).