Helene Schjerfbeck
Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 GBP
Price realised: 239.400 GBP
Price realised: 239.400 GBP
Description
Property from a Swedish Private Collection
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finnish
1862 - 1946
Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed
signed with initials and dated 45 lower right
charcoal and chalk on paper
Unframed: 41 by 33cm., 16 by 13in.
Framed: 61 by 53.5cm., 24 by 21in.
Gösta Stenman, Stockholm; thence by descent to his grandson (sale: Christie’s, London, 29 November 1990, lot 15) | Rune Andréasson (1925-1999, creator of Bamse cartoons, purchased at the above sale) | Åmells, Stockholm (purchased from the above's estate) | Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2004
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finnish
1862 - 1946
Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed
signed with initials and dated 45 lower right
charcoal and chalk on paper
Unframed: 41 by 33cm., 16 by 13in.
Framed: 61 by 53.5cm., 24 by 21in.
Gösta Stenman, Stockholm; thence by descent to his grandson (sale: Christie’s, London, 29 November 1990, lot 15) | Rune Andréasson (1925-1999, creator of Bamse cartoons, purchased at the above sale) | Åmells, Stockholm (purchased from the above's estate) | Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2004
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed by Helene Schjerfbeck was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July last year. It achieved a price of GBP 239,400.00 (€ 285,886.12), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. 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 um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed von Helene Schjerfbeck kam im Juli letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 239.400,00 (€ 285.886,12) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. 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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