Kurt Schwitters
Ja - Was? - Bild
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.970.500 GBP
Price realised: 13.970.500 GBP
Description
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ja - Was? - Bild
signed and dated 'Kurt Schwitters 1920.' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters 1920 Ja, Was? = Bild' (on the reverse)
oil, paper, corrugated card, cardboard, fabric, wood and nails on board; in the artist's frame
43 x 31 1/2 in. (109.2 x 80 cm.) including the artist's frame
Executed in 1920
Ja - Was? - Bild
signed and dated 'Kurt Schwitters 1920.' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters 1920 Ja, Was? = Bild' (on the reverse)
oil, paper, corrugated card, cardboard, fabric, wood and nails on board; in the artist's frame
43 x 31 1/2 in. (109.2 x 80 cm.) including the artist's frame
Executed in 1920
A top price for Kurt Schwitters
This artwork by Kurt Schwitters achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2014. In the Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale auction, the work Ja - Was? - Bild sold for GBP 13,970,500.00 (€ 17,455,471.33) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000,000.00. This high result makes Ja - Was? - Bild the most expensive artwork by Kurt Schwitters that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kurt Schwitters
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kurt Schwitters erzielte im Juni 2014 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Ja - Was? - Bild für GBP 13.970.500,00 (€ 17.455.471,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Ja - Was? - Bild zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Kurt Schwitters, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kurt Schwitters - Auction history
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