Fernando Zóbel

Retiro

Found at Sothebys, Paris
Art Contemporain Evening Sale, Lot 125
3. Jun - 3. Jun 2021
Estimate: 240.000 - 340.000 EUR
Price realised: 859.500 EUR
Fernando Zóbel
1924 - 1984
Retiro
signed, titled and dated Abril 30 1959 on the reverse
oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm; 27 9/16 x 39 3/8 in.
Executed in 1959.
This work, Retiro (Red and black calligraphy over bluish green glaze) is registered in the archives of the artist under no. 59-52 (293) and will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist currently being prepared by Alfonso de la Torre.
__________________________________________________________________________ Fernando Zóbel
Private collection, Spain (acquired circa 1960) | Thence by descent to the present owner | __________________________________________________________________________ | Collection particulière, Espagne (acquis circa 1960) | Par descendance au propriétaire actuel

A top price for Fernando Zóbel

This artwork by Fernando Zóbel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Paris in June 2021. In the Art Contemporain Evening Sale auction, the work Retiro sold for EUR 859,500.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 340,000.00. This high result makes Retiro the most expensive artwork by Fernando Zóbel that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Fernando Zóbel

Dieses Kunstwerk von Fernando Zóbel erzielte im Juni 2021 bei Sothebys in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Art Contemporain Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Retiro für EUR 859.500,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 340.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Retiro zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Fernando Zóbel, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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