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Shara Hughes
Making Space
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 756.000 USD
Price realised: 756.000 USD
Description
SHARA HUGHES (B. 1981)
Making Space
signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'NYC 2021 SHARA HUGHES "Making Space"' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
78 x 66 in. (198.1 x 167.6 cm.)
Painted in 2021.
Making Space
signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'NYC 2021 SHARA HUGHES "Making Space"' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
78 x 66 in. (198.1 x 167.6 cm.)
Painted in 2021.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
In November last year Christies in New York held the auction Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work Making Space by Shara Hughes. The »bidding war« ended at USD 756,000.00 (€ 732,345.25), 26% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Shara Hughes - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Spins from Swiss, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 2,940,000.00 (€ 2,739,726.03).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Im November letzten Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Making Space von Shara Hughes zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 756.000,00 (€ 732.345,25) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Shara Hughes mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Spins from Swiss beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 2.940.000,00 (€ 2.739.726,03) versteigert wurde.