Constantin Brancusi
La muse endormie
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 32 A
15.Mai - 15.Mai.2017
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 32 A
15.Mai - 15.Mai.2017
Estimate: 25.000.000 - 35.000.000 USD
Price realised: 57.367.500 USD
Price realised: 57.367.500 USD
Description
signed 'Brancusi' (on the back of the neck); stamped with foundry mark 'C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the side of the neck)
patinated bronze with gold leaf
Length: 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.)
Original marble version carved in 1909-1910; this bronze version cast by 1913
(probably) Alexandre Stoppelaere and Léonie Ricou, Paris. | (probably) Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, Paris (acquired from the above, 22 March 1929 and until 1956). | Jacques Ulmann, Paris (by February 1958). | By descent from the above to the present owner.
patinated bronze with gold leaf
Length: 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.)
Original marble version carved in 1909-1910; this bronze version cast by 1913
(probably) Alexandre Stoppelaere and Léonie Ricou, Paris. | (probably) Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, Paris (acquired from the above, 22 March 1929 and until 1956). | Jacques Ulmann, Paris (by February 1958). | By descent from the above to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 64 %.
In May 2017 Christies in New York held the auction Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, which included the work La muse endormie by Constantin Brancusi. The »bidding war« ended at USD 57,367,500.00 (€ 51,056,870.77), 64% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Constantin Brancusi; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot La jeune fille sophistiquée (Portrait de Nancy Cunard) sold at auction in May 2018 with the realized price of USD 71,187,500.00 (€ 61,000,428.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 64 % übertroffen
Im Mai 2017 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit La muse endormie von Constantin Brancusi zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 57.367.500,00 (€ 51.056.870,77) und damit 64% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Constantin Brancusi; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit La jeune fille sophistiquée (Portrait de Nancy Cunard) im Mai 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 71.187.500,00 (€ 61.000.428,45).
Constantin Brancusi - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
