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Georg Baselitz
Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag [Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague]
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 4.000.000 USD
Price realised: 11.240.000 USD
Price realised: 11.240.000 USD
Description
Property from the Collection of Hardie Beloff
Georg Baselitz
b. 1938
Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag [Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague]
inscribed and dated 17. III. 90 / 30. V. 90
tempera on ash wood
59 by 29 by 18 in.
150 by 75 by 45.7 cm.
Executed in 1990. --------------------------------------------------------
Pace Gallery, New York | Collection of Darwin and Geri Reedy, Minnesota (acquired by 1995) | Pace Wildenstein, New York | Holtermann Fine Art, London | Acquired from the above in 1996 by the present owner
Georg Baselitz
b. 1938
Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag [Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague]
inscribed and dated 17. III. 90 / 30. V. 90
tempera on ash wood
59 by 29 by 18 in.
150 by 75 by 45.7 cm.
Executed in 1990. --------------------------------------------------------
Pace Gallery, New York | Collection of Darwin and Geri Reedy, Minnesota (acquired by 1995) | Pace Wildenstein, New York | Holtermann Fine Art, London | Acquired from the above in 1996 by the present owner
A top price for Georg Baselitz
This artwork by Georg Baselitz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Contemporary Evening Auction auction, the work Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague sold for USD 11,240,000.00 (€ 10,474,326.72) - well above the upper estimate of USD 4,000,000.00. This high result makes Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague the most expensive artwork by Georg Baselitz that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Georg Baselitz
Dieses Kunstwerk von Georg Baselitz erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Evening Auction wurde die Arbeit Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague für USD 11.240.000,00 (€ 10.474.326,72) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 4.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Georg Baselitz, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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