Gastone Novelli

Chanson de toile

Found at Bonhams, London
Post-War & Contemporary Art, Lot 35
15. Oct - 15. Oct 2021
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.250 GBP
Gastone Novelli (1925-1968)
Chanson de toile
1958
signed; signed, titled and dated 58 on the reverse
oil, plaster, paper collage, varnish, soot and pencil on burlap
100 by 80 cm.
39 3/8 by 31 1/2 in.
Sully di Bernice Collection, US | Private Collection, US | Thence by descent to the present owner

Upper estimate price exceeded by 68 %.

The work Chanson de toile by Gastone Novelli was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art auction at Bonhams in London in October 2021. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 25,250.00 (€ 29,914.43), 68% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Gastone Novelli have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam) in June 2011 with an auction result of GBP 187,250.00 (€ 207,157.32).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 68 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Chanson de toile von Gastone Novelli wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 25.250,00 (€ 29.914,43) und damit 68% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Gastone Novelli auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam) im Juni 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 187.250,00 (€ 207.157,32).

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