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Sterling Ruby
Head Cleaner/ Head Hunter
Estimate: 45.000 - 55.000 EUR
Price realised: 100.800 EUR
Price realised: 100.800 EUR
Description
Sterling Ruby
b. 1972
Head Cleaner/Head Hunter
signed, titled and dated 2009
bronze
Installed: 194.9 by 110.2 by 140 cm., 76¾ by 43⅜ by 55⅛ in.
Bronze: 114 by 119.1 by 99.1 cm., 44⅞ by 46⅞ by 39 in.
Pedestal: 81 by 110.2 by 140 cm., 31⅞ x 43⅜ x 55⅛ in.
Executed in 2009, this work is from an edition of 3 and is number 1 from 2 artist's proofs. Collection and Shipment:
Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1972
Head Cleaner/Head Hunter
signed, titled and dated 2009
bronze
Installed: 194.9 by 110.2 by 140 cm., 76¾ by 43⅜ by 55⅛ in.
Bronze: 114 by 119.1 by 99.1 cm., 44⅞ by 46⅞ by 39 in.
Pedestal: 81 by 110.2 by 140 cm., 31⅞ x 43⅜ x 55⅛ in.
Executed in 2009, this work is from an edition of 3 and is number 1 from 2 artist's proofs. Collection and Shipment:
Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Sterling Ruby achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Cologne in November 2021. In the Contemporary Passions auction, the work Head Cleaner/ Head Hunter sold for EUR 100,800.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 55,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Sterling Ruby achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Sp231 in May 2013 with an auction result of USD 1,785,000.00 (€ 1,374,345.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Sterling Ruby erzielte im November 2021 bei Sothebys in Köln einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Passions wurde die Arbeit Head Cleaner/ Head Hunter für EUR 100.800,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 55.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Sterling Ruby erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Sp231 im Mai 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.785.000,00 (€ 1.374.345,55).