Tom Wesselmann
Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 745
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2017
Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session, Lot 745
16.Nov - 16.Nov.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed, inscribed and dated 'Wesselmann Proof 1968-73' (lower right)
Liquitex, graphite and embossing on paper
sheet: 14 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (37.7 x 46.6 cm.)
window: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1973. This work is number one of two artist's proofs aside from fifteen unique variants.
Max Lang Gallery, New York | Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Liquitex, graphite and embossing on paper
sheet: 14 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (37.7 x 46.6 cm.)
window: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1973. This work is number one of two artist's proofs aside from fifteen unique variants.
Max Lang Gallery, New York | Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread) by Tom Wesselmann was worth USD 75,000.00 (€ 63,035.80) to a buyer in November 2017. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 25,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Tom Wesselmann achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Great American Nude No. 48 in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 10,681,000.00 (€ 6,864,395.89).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread) von Tom Wesselmann war einem Käufer im November 2017 USD 75.000,00 (€ 63.035,80) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Tom Wesselmann erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Great American Nude No. 48 im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 10.681.000,00 (€ 6.864.395,89).
Tom Wesselmann - Auction history
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