Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev
The Village Fair
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.841.250 GBP
Price realised: 2.841.250 GBP
Description
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev
1878-1927
THE VILLAGE FAIR
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1920 l.l.
oil on canvas
57.5 by 57.5cm., 22 1/2 by 22 1/2 in.
E.Bloomfield, Paris | Sotheby's London, Icons, Russian Pictures and Works of Art, 14 November 1988, lot 25 | Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 14-15 December 1995, lot 309
1878-1927
THE VILLAGE FAIR
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1920 l.l.
oil on canvas
57.5 by 57.5cm., 22 1/2 by 22 1/2 in.
E.Bloomfield, Paris | Sotheby's London, Icons, Russian Pictures and Works of Art, 14 November 1988, lot 25 | Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 14-15 December 1995, lot 309
Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.
This artwork by Boris Kustodiev achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in June 2009. In the Russian Art Evening Sale auction, the work The Village Fair sold for GBP 2,841,250.00 (€ 3,334,111.63) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Boris Kustodiev; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Coachman sold at auction in November 2012 with the realized price of GBP 4,409,250.00 (€ 5,431,748.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Boris Kustodiev erzielte im Juni 2009 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Village Fair für GBP 2.841.250,00 (€ 3.334.111,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Boris Kustodiev; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Coachman im November 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 4.409.250,00 (€ 5.431.748,64).
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