Emil Nolde
Herbstmeer XVI
Estimate: 6.000.000 - 8.000.000 USD
Price realised: 7.344.500 USD
Price realised: 7.344.500 USD
Description
signed ‘Emil Nolde’ (lower right); signed again and titled ‘Emil Nolde: Herbstmeer XVI’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, in the artist's hand-carved frame
Canvas: 29 x 35 in. (73.7 x 88.9 cm.)
Frame: 36 ½ x 42 ½ in. (92.7 x 108 cm.)
Painted in 1911.
Ludwig Ruge, Berlin (acquired from the artist, March 1920). | Karl Ernst Ruge, London (by descent from the above, 1939); sale, Christie’s, London, 13 October 1994, lot 119. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil on canvas, in the artist's hand-carved frame
Canvas: 29 x 35 in. (73.7 x 88.9 cm.)
Frame: 36 ½ x 42 ½ in. (92.7 x 108 cm.)
Painted in 1911.
Ludwig Ruge, Berlin (acquired from the artist, March 1920). | Karl Ernst Ruge, London (by descent from the above, 1939); sale, Christie’s, London, 13 October 1994, lot 119. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Emil Nolde - as previously expected
The work Herbstmeer XVI by Emil Nolde was sold in the 20th Century Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in October 2020. The price achieved of USD 7,344,500.00 (€ 6,305,915.69) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 6,000,000.00 – 8,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Herbstmeer XVI is the most expensive artwork by Emil Nolde that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Herbstmeer XVI von Emil Nolde wurde im Oktober 2020 in der Auktion 20th Century Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 7.344.500,00 (€ 6.305.915,69) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 6.000.000,00 – 8.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Herbstmeer XVI das teuerste Kunstwerk von Emil Nolde, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Emil Nolde - Auction history
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