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- Modern Head #3, from Modern Head Series
Roy Lichtenstein
Modern Head #3, from Modern Head Series
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 21.420 USD
Price realised: 21.420 USD
Description
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) Modern Head #3, from Modern Head Series line-cut with embossing, on handmade Waterleaf paper, 1970, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 23/100 (there were also seven artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and ink stamp on the reverse, with full margins, in good condition, framed Image: 20 x 14 in. (508 x 356 mm.) Sheet: 24 x 18 1 ⁄ 8 in. (610 x 460 mm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Roy Lichtenstein achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in July last year. In the Contemporary Edition auction, the work Modern Head #3, from Modern Head Series sold for USD 21,420.00 (€ 20,995.88) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. 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 mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Roy Lichtenstein erzielte im Juli letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Edition wurde die Arbeit Modern Head #3, from Modern Head Series für USD 21.420,00 (€ 20.995,88) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. 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).