Issachar Ryback
Alef Bet
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Israeli and International Art, Lot 8
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2019
Israeli and International Art, Lot 8
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
ISSACHAR RYBACK
Russian
1897 - 1935
ALEF BET
signed in Hebrew (lower right), stamped with the estate stamp (on the reverse)
executed in 1918-1919
gouache, tempera, brush and ink over pencil on paper
10⅝ by 15¾ in.
27 by 40 cm. Please note this work is recorded in the Comité Ryback Catalogue raisonné website http://www.comite-ryback.org/Catalogue_Raisonne_Details.php?id=catalogueRaisonne2&page=2
Estate of the artist | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Russian
1897 - 1935
ALEF BET
signed in Hebrew (lower right), stamped with the estate stamp (on the reverse)
executed in 1918-1919
gouache, tempera, brush and ink over pencil on paper
10⅝ by 15¾ in.
27 by 40 cm. Please note this work is recorded in the Comité Ryback Catalogue raisonné website http://www.comite-ryback.org/Catalogue_Raisonne_Details.php?id=catalogueRaisonne2&page=2
Estate of the artist | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Alef Bet by Issachar Ber Ryback was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 62,500.00 (€ 56,720.21). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Issachar Ber Ryback - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pogrom, which sold at auction in November 2006 for GBP 102,000.00 (€ 151,473.19).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Alef Bet von Issachar Ber Ryback im November 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 62.500,00 (€ 56.720,21) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Issachar Ber Ryback mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pogrom beobachtet, die im November 2006 für GBP 102.000,00 (€ 151.473,19) versteigert wurde.
Issachar Ber Ryback - Auction history
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