Helene Schjerfbeck
Girl against a Green Background (Dora)
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 302.400 GBP
Price realised: 302.400 GBP
Description
Property from a Swedish Private Collection
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finnish
1862 - 1946
Girl against a Green Background (Dora)
signed with initials lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 26 by 26cm., 10¼ by 10¼in.
Framed: 47.1 by 47.1cm., 18½ by 18½in.
Mrs Kajala, Helsinki, by 1953; thence by descent (sale: Sotheby's, London, 6 June 2001, lot 35) | Åmells, Stockholm | Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2001
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finnish
1862 - 1946
Girl against a Green Background (Dora)
signed with initials lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 26 by 26cm., 10¼ by 10¼in.
Framed: 47.1 by 47.1cm., 18½ by 18½in.
Mrs Kajala, Helsinki, by 1953; thence by descent (sale: Sotheby's, London, 6 June 2001, lot 35) | Åmells, Stockholm | Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2001
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In July last year Sothebys in London held the auction European & British Art, Part I, which included the work Girl against a Green Background (Dora) by Helene Schjerfbeck. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 300,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 302,400.00 (€ 361,119.31). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Helene Schjerfbeck achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Tanssiaiskengät; Balskorna (Dancing Shoes) in May 2008 with an auction result of GBP 3,044,500.00 (€ 3,872,737.05).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Juli letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion European & British Art, Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Girl against a Green Background (Dora) von Helene Schjerfbeck zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 300.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 302.400,00 (€ 361.119,31) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Helene Schjerfbeck erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Tanssiaiskengät; Balskorna (Dancing Shoes) im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.044.500,00 (€ 3.872.737,05).
Helene Schjerfbeck - Auction history
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