Henri Matisse
Odalisque couchée aux magnolias
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 8
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 8
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
Estimate: 50.000.000 - 70.000.000 USD
Price realised: 80.750.000 USD
Price realised: 80.750.000 USD
Description
signed ‘Henri - Matisse’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 31 7/8 in. (60.5 x 81.1 cm.)
Painted in Nice, 1923
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist, 17 December 1923 and until at least 1945). | Leigh B. and Mary Block, Chicago (by 1956). | Sam Salz, Inc., New York (acquired from the above). | Acquired from the above by the late owners, January 1958.
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 31 7/8 in. (60.5 x 81.1 cm.)
Painted in Nice, 1923
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist, 17 December 1923 and until at least 1945). | Leigh B. and Mary Block, Chicago (by 1956). | Sam Salz, Inc., New York (acquired from the above). | Acquired from the above by the late owners, January 1958.
A top price for Henri Matisse
The work Odalisque couchée aux magnolias by Henri Matisse was sold in the The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in May 2018. The »bidding war« ended at USD 80,750,000.00 (€ 69,194,515.85), 15% above the upper estimate. With this result, Odalisque couchée aux magnolias is even the most expensive work of art by Henri Matisse that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Henri Matisse
Die Arbeit Odalisque couchée aux magnolias von Henri Matisse wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 80.750.000,00 (€ 69.194.515,85) und damit 15% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Odalisque couchée aux magnolias sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Henri Matisse, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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