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Willem de Kooning
Wah Kee Spare Ribs
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples, Lot 101
18. Apr - 19. Apr 2023
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples, Lot 101
18. Apr - 19. Apr 2023
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 113.400 USD
Price realised: 113.400 USD
Description
WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Wah Kee Spare Ribs
lithograph, on Copperplate Deluxe paper, 1971, signed in pencil, numbered 49/57A (there were also 57 impressions on Suzuki paper plus fifteen artist's proofs), published by Knoedler, New York, the full sheet, in generally very good condition, framed
Sheet: 42 1/8 x 31 1/8 in. (1070 x 790 mm.)
Wah Kee Spare Ribs
lithograph, on Copperplate Deluxe paper, 1971, signed in pencil, numbered 49/57A (there were also 57 impressions on Suzuki paper plus fifteen artist's proofs), published by Knoedler, New York, the full sheet, in generally very good condition, framed
Sheet: 42 1/8 x 31 1/8 in. (1070 x 790 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price
When the work Wah Kee Spare Ribs by Willem de Kooning was auctioned at Christies in New York in April this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at USD 113,400.00 (€ 102,717.39). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Willem de Kooning achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled XXV in November 2016 with an auction result of USD 66,327,500.00 (€ 62,703,252.03).
Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Wah Kee Spare Ribs von Willem de Kooning im April diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 113.400,00 (€ 102.717,39) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Willem de Kooning erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled XXV im November 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 66.327.500,00 (€ 62.703.252,03).