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- Mellow Yellow
Wangechi Mutu
Mellow Yellow
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Description
signed and dated "Wangechi Mutu 2004" lower right
ink, acrylic and paper collage on Mylar
32 x 20 in. (81.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2004.
Brent Sikkema, New York | Private Collection | Phillips, London, June 25, 2018, lot 200 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
ink, acrylic and paper collage on Mylar
32 x 20 in. (81.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2004.
Brent Sikkema, New York | Private Collection | Phillips, London, June 25, 2018, lot 200 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Wangechi Mutu achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in March 2020. In the New Now auction, the work Mellow Yellow sold for USD 52,500.00 (€ 47,601.78) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. Admittedly, works by Wangechi Mutu have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Little Thought for All Ya'll Who're Thinking of Beating Around the Bush in February 2008 with an auction result of GBP 204,500.00 (€ 267,477.97).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wangechi Mutu erzielte im März 2020 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion New Now wurde die Arbeit Mellow Yellow für USD 52.500,00 (€ 47.601,78) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wangechi Mutu auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Little Thought for All Ya'll Who're Thinking of Beating Around the Bush im Februar 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 204.500,00 (€ 267.477,97).