Wolfgang Tillmans
Freischwimmer 186
Found at
Christies,
London
Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 1
07.Mrz - 07.Mrz.2017
Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 1
07.Mrz - 07.Mrz.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and numbered 'Wolfgang Tillmans 1/1+1' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
c-print in artist's frame
image: 66 7/8 x 84 1/8in. (170.6 x 213.6cm.)
overall: 71 3/8 x 88 1/8in.(181 x 223.8cm.)
Executed in 2011, this work is number from an edition of one plus one artist's proof
Galerie Chantal Croussel, Paris. | Private Collection, Europe. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
c-print in artist's frame
image: 66 7/8 x 84 1/8in. (170.6 x 213.6cm.)
overall: 71 3/8 x 88 1/8in.(181 x 223.8cm.)
Executed in 2011, this work is number from an edition of one plus one artist's proof
Galerie Chantal Croussel, Paris. | Private Collection, Europe. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Wolfgang Tillmans achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March 2017. In the Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction, the work Freischwimmer 186 sold for GBP 269,000.00 (€ 315,241.45) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 120,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wolfgang Tillmans - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Freischwimmer #84, which sold at auction in June 2017 for GBP 605,000.00 (€ 688,982.12).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wolfgang Tillmans erzielte im März 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction wurde die Arbeit Freischwimmer 186 für GBP 269.000,00 (€ 315.241,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 120.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Wolfgang Tillmans mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Freischwimmer #84 beobachtet, die im Juni 2017 für GBP 605.000,00 (€ 688.982,12) versteigert wurde.
Wolfgang Tillmans - Auction history
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