Josef Capek
A Collection Of Seven Linocuts
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Description
Josef Capek (1887-1945)
A collection of seven linocuts
including: Kosile (Shirt), 1916, on wove paper, initialled in pencil, counter-initialled verso (trimmed), with margins; Podoba za Biografu (Face from Cinema), 1917-18, initialled in pencil, with margins; Harmonikàr (Harmonica Player), 1919, signed in pencil, counter-initialled verso (trimmed), with margins; Herec (Actor), 1920, initialled in pencil, counter-initialled and numbered 120/25 verso, with margins; Námorník II (Sailor II), 1916-1918, signed in pencil, with margins, moisture stain in the lower margin; Papera zasazen láskou (Weakling struck by Love) (illustrated), 1919, signed in pencil, counter-initialled and numbered (trimmed) verso, with margins; Autoportret (Self-portrait), 1918, signed in pencil, with margins; all on stiff cream wove paper, with time and backboard staining, the sheets slightly irregularly trimmed, each framed
L. 210 x 120 mm., S. 254 x 154 mm. (and similar) (7)
A collection of seven linocuts
including: Kosile (Shirt), 1916, on wove paper, initialled in pencil, counter-initialled verso (trimmed), with margins; Podoba za Biografu (Face from Cinema), 1917-18, initialled in pencil, with margins; Harmonikàr (Harmonica Player), 1919, signed in pencil, counter-initialled verso (trimmed), with margins; Herec (Actor), 1920, initialled in pencil, counter-initialled and numbered 120/25 verso, with margins; Námorník II (Sailor II), 1916-1918, signed in pencil, with margins, moisture stain in the lower margin; Papera zasazen láskou (Weakling struck by Love) (illustrated), 1919, signed in pencil, counter-initialled and numbered (trimmed) verso, with margins; Autoportret (Self-portrait), 1918, signed in pencil, with margins; all on stiff cream wove paper, with time and backboard staining, the sheets slightly irregularly trimmed, each framed
L. 210 x 120 mm., S. 254 x 154 mm. (and similar) (7)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A Collection Of Seven Linocuts by Josef Čapek was sold in the Modern & Contemporary Prints auction at Christies in London in September 2013. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 7,000.00 – 10,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 7,500.00 (€ 8,965.09) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Josef Čapek achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) in June 2011 with an auction result of GBP 565,250.00 (€ 625,344.06).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A Collection Of Seven Linocuts von Josef Čapek wurde im September 2013 in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Prints bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 7.500,00 (€ 8.965,09) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Josef Čapek erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) im Juni 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 565.250,00 (€ 625.344,06).
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