Giorgio Morandi
Natura morta
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.902.750 GBP
Price realised: 2.902.750 GBP
Description
Natura morta
signed 'Morandi' (lower left); signed indistinctly 'Morandi' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
43.8 x 50.4cm (17 1/4 x 19 13/16in).
Painted in 1954
Danilo Lebrecht (Lorenzo Montano) Collection, Verona (acquired directly from the artist circa 1954-1958). | Thence by descent; their sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1976, lot 67. | Private collection, South Africa (acquired at the above sale). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
signed 'Morandi' (lower left); signed indistinctly 'Morandi' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
43.8 x 50.4cm (17 1/4 x 19 13/16in).
Painted in 1954
Danilo Lebrecht (Lorenzo Montano) Collection, Verona (acquired directly from the artist circa 1954-1958). | Thence by descent; their sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1976, lot 67. | Private collection, South Africa (acquired at the above sale). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Giorgio Morandi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in November 2021. In the Impressionist & Modern Art auction, the work Natura morta sold for GBP 2,902,750.00 (€ 3,408,101.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Giorgio Morandi; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Natura morta sold at auction in May 2018 with the realized price of USD 4,332,500.00 (€ 3,712,510.71).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giorgio Morandi erzielte im November 2021 bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art wurde die Arbeit Natura morta für GBP 2.902.750,00 (€ 3.408.101,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Giorgio Morandi; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Natura morta im Mai 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 4.332.500,00 (€ 3.712.510,71).
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