Jean (Hans) Arp
Déméter
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper, Lot 7 A
11.Nov - 11.Nov.2018
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper, Lot 7 A
11.Nov - 11.Nov.2018
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 5.825.000 USD
Price realised: 5.825.000 USD
Description
white marble
Height: 39 3/8 in. (100 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1961; unique
Galerie Denise René, Paris (probably acquired from the artist). | Mrs. Henry A. Markus, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1962); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 1985, lot 83. | Weintraub Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 7 January 1986.
Height: 39 3/8 in. (100 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1961; unique
Galerie Denise René, Paris (probably acquired from the artist). | Mrs. Henry A. Markus, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1962); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 1985, lot 83. | Weintraub Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owners, 7 January 1986.
A top price for Jean (Hans) Arp
This artwork by Jean (Hans) Arp achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper auction, the work Déméter sold for USD 5,825,000.00 (€ 5,144,396.36) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000,000.00. This high result makes Déméter the most expensive artwork by Jean (Hans) Arp that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean (Hans) Arp
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean (Hans) Arp erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper wurde die Arbeit Déméter für USD 5.825.000,00 (€ 5.144.396,36) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Déméter zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean (Hans) Arp, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jean (Hans) Arp - Auction history
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