Jean Hélion
Abstraction
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 3.413.000 USD
Price realised: 3.413.000 USD
Description
signed and dated ‘Hélion (35)’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
57 3/8 x 78 5/8 in. (145.7 x 199.7 cm.)
Painted in 1935
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York (acquired from the artist, by 1937); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 February 1950, lot 66. | Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
oil on canvas
57 3/8 x 78 5/8 in. (145.7 x 199.7 cm.)
Painted in 1935
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York (acquired from the artist, by 1937); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 February 1950, lot 66. | Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
A top price for Jean Hélion
When the work Abstraction by Jean Hélion was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 800,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 3,413,000.00 (€ 3,231,395.57). This high result makes Abstraction the most expensive artwork by Jean Hélion that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean Hélion
Als die Arbeit Abstraction von Jean Hélion im November 2015 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 800.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 3.413.000,00 (€ 3.231.395,57) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Abstraction zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean Hélion, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jean Hélion - Auction history
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