August Strindberg
Wave V
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction, Lot 139
22. Jun - 29. Jun 2022
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction, Lot 139
22. Jun - 29. Jun 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra
August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
Wave V
oil on canvas
100 by 70.8cm., 39¼ by 27¾in.
Painted in 1901.
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J.E.薩弗拉收藏 奧古斯特・史特林堡
August Falck, Stockholm, by circa 1912 (Falck (1882-1938) was a Swedish actor, known for his performances in Strindberg's Miss Julie and Victor Sjöström's A Man There Was, based on a poem by Henrik Ibsen. Falck and Strindberg co-founded Intima Teatern) | Torsten Tegnér, Stockholm (Tegnér (1888-1977) was a Swedish athlete and journalist, and son of the Swedish composer Alice Tegnér. He was the editor of the Idrottsbladet newspaper for over fifty years) | Sale: Bukowski's, Stockholm, 25 April
August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
Wave V
oil on canvas
100 by 70.8cm., 39¼ by 27¾in.
Painted in 1901.
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J.E.薩弗拉收藏 奧古斯特・史特林堡
August Falck, Stockholm, by circa 1912 (Falck (1882-1938) was a Swedish actor, known for his performances in Strindberg's Miss Julie and Victor Sjöström's A Man There Was, based on a poem by Henrik Ibsen. Falck and Strindberg co-founded Intima Teatern) | Torsten Tegnér, Stockholm (Tegnér (1888-1977) was a Swedish athlete and journalist, and son of the Swedish composer Alice Tegnér. He was the editor of the Idrottsbladet newspaper for over fifty years) | Sale: Bukowski's, Stockholm, 25 April
A top price for August Strindberg
This artwork by August Strindberg achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in June last year. In the Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction auction, the work Wave V sold for GBP 6,797,800.00 (€ 7,897,109.91) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000,000.00. This high result makes Wave V the most expensive artwork by August Strindberg that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für August Strindberg
Dieses Kunstwerk von August Strindberg erzielte im Juni letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction wurde die Arbeit Wave V für GBP 6.797.800,00 (€ 7.897.109,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Wave V zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von August Strindberg, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
August Strindberg - Auction history
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