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- Lettre Imaginaire
Françoise Gilot
Lettre Imaginaire
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 52.920 USD
Price realised: 52.920 USD
Description
Property from a Distinguished California Collection
Françoise Gilot
b. 1921
Lettre Imaginaire
signed F. Gilot (lower right); dated 1963 and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
13⅛ by 9½ in.
33.3 by 24 cm.
Executed in 1963. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Françoise Gilot and it is registered in the artist’s archives.
Private Collection, San Diego (until 1970) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Françoise Gilot
b. 1921
Lettre Imaginaire
signed F. Gilot (lower right); dated 1963 and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
13⅛ by 9½ in.
33.3 by 24 cm.
Executed in 1963. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Françoise Gilot and it is registered in the artist’s archives.
Private Collection, San Diego (until 1970) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Lettre Imaginaire by Françoise Gilot was worth USD 52,920.00 (€ 47,705.76) to a buyer in March last year. This price was achieved in the auction Modern Discoveries at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 12,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Françoise Gilot achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Living Forest in December 2021 with an auction result of HKD 9,850,000.00 (€ 1,115,718.32).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Lettre Imaginaire von Françoise Gilot war einem Käufer im März letzten Jahres USD 52.920,00 (€ 47.705,76) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern Discoveries bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Françoise Gilot erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Living Forest im Dezember 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 9.850.000,00 (€ 1.115.718,32).