Aleksei Remizov
Fragmented Construction
Found at
Christies
Russian Art, Lot 63
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2021
Russian Art, Lot 63
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
ALEKSEI REMIZOV (1877-1957)
Fragmented construction
signed with artist's device (lower right); further signed in Cyrillic, further signed with artist's device, inscribed in Russian and dated 'This is the last and only surviving work/my eyes have grown weak this last year and cannot capture/with any net - my graph/ic constructions, farewell!/And this is the last one for you, Leonid Mikhailovich,/ in gratitude for/the Dancing Demon/Neither you, nor Sergei Mikhailovich, can imag/ine how much good you
ink and collage on card; unframed
10 ½ x 8 ¼ in. (26.3 x 20.8 cm.)
- A gift from the artist to Leonid Lifar (1906-1982), the owner of a printing house in Paris and the brother of the ballet dancer Serge Lifar (1905-1986). | Acquired by the present owner in Paris in 2020.
Fragmented construction
signed with artist's device (lower right); further signed in Cyrillic, further signed with artist's device, inscribed in Russian and dated 'This is the last and only surviving work/my eyes have grown weak this last year and cannot capture/with any net - my graph/ic constructions, farewell!/And this is the last one for you, Leonid Mikhailovich,/ in gratitude for/the Dancing Demon/Neither you, nor Sergei Mikhailovich, can imag/ine how much good you
ink and collage on card; unframed
10 ½ x 8 ¼ in. (26.3 x 20.8 cm.)
- A gift from the artist to Leonid Lifar (1906-1982), the owner of a printing house in Paris and the brother of the ballet dancer Serge Lifar (1905-1986). | Acquired by the present owner in Paris in 2020.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Aleksei Remizov achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in June 2021. In the Russian Art auction, the work Fragmented Construction sold for GBP 18,750.00 (€ 21,848.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 9,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Aleksei Remizov; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) sold at auction in November 2016 with the realized price of GBP 18,750.00 (€ 22,123.16).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Aleksei Remizov erzielte im Juni 2021 bei Christies einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Art wurde die Arbeit Fragmented Construction für GBP 18.750,00 (€ 21.848,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 9.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Aleksei Remizov; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) im November 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 18.750,00 (€ 22.123,16).
Aleksei Remizov - Auction history
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