Sam Durant
Gift of American Democracy (Indian Remake)
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Description
Sam Durant
b. 1961
Gift of American Democracy (Indian Remake)
MDF, polyester resin, steel, acrylic paint and American flag
153½ by 65⅜ by 65⅜ in. (389.8 by 166 by 166 cm.)
Executed in 2006-08.
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles | Private Collection, Belgium | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1961
Gift of American Democracy (Indian Remake)
MDF, polyester resin, steel, acrylic paint and American flag
153½ by 65⅜ by 65⅜ in. (389.8 by 166 by 166 cm.)
Executed in 2006-08.
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles | Private Collection, Belgium | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.
The work Gift of American Democracy (Indian Remake) by Sam Durant was sold in the Eclectic | New York auction at Sothebys in New York in August 2021. It achieved a price of USD 20,160.00 (€ 17,084.75), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 34%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sam Durant - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Can Anyone Hear Me?, which sold at auction in May 2015 for USD 47,500.00 (€ 43,205.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 34 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Gift of American Democracy (Indian Remake) von Sam Durant wurde im August 2021 in der Auktion Eclectic | New York bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 20.160,00 (€ 17.084,75) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 34%. Für andere Arbeiten von Sam Durant mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Can Anyone Hear Me? beobachtet, die im Mai 2015 für USD 47.500,00 (€ 43.205,38) versteigert wurde.
Sam Durant - Auction history
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