Balthus
Portrait de Jacqueline Matisse
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso, Lot 100
28. Apr - 4. May 2022
Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso, Lot 100
28. Apr - 4. May 2022
Estimate: 26.000 - 36.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.760 GBP
Price realised: 32.760 GBP
Description
Property from a Private British Collection
Balthus
1908 - 2001
Portrait de Jacqueline Matisse
signed with the monogram (lower right)
pencil on paper
Image size: 23.6 by 21.7cm., 9¼ by 8½in.
Sheet size: 23.8 by 34.1cm., 9⅜ by 13⅜in.
Framed: 56.3 by 50.4cm., 22⅛ by 19⅞in. Drawn in 1947.
Claude-Bernard Haim, Paris (acquired by 1971) | Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 16th May 1984, lot 166 | A. Alfred Taubman, USA (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman, 5th November 2015, lot 143) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Balthus
1908 - 2001
Portrait de Jacqueline Matisse
signed with the monogram (lower right)
pencil on paper
Image size: 23.6 by 21.7cm., 9¼ by 8½in.
Sheet size: 23.8 by 34.1cm., 9⅜ by 13⅜in.
Framed: 56.3 by 50.4cm., 22⅛ by 19⅞in. Drawn in 1947.
Claude-Bernard Haim, Paris (acquired by 1971) | Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 16th May 1984, lot 166 | A. Alfred Taubman, USA (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman, 5th November 2015, lot 143) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Sothebys in London held the auction Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso, which included the work Portrait de Jacqueline Matisse by Balthus. The price achieved of GBP 32,760.00 (€ 38,539.02) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 26,000.00 – 36,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Balthus achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Thérèse Sur Une Banquette in May 2019 with an auction result of USD 19,002,500.00 (€ 17,044,129.52).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait de Jacqueline Matisse von Balthus zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 32.760,00 (€ 38.539,02) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 26.000,00 – 36.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Balthus erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Thérèse Sur Une Banquette im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 19.002.500,00 (€ 17.044.129,52).