Kurt Schwitters
Mz 193
Found at
Christies,
London
Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper, Lot 232
5. Feb - 5. Feb 2015
Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper, Lot 232
5. Feb - 5. Feb 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed with the initials, dated and inscribed 'Mz 193 K Sch.21.' (on the artist's mount)
fabric, netting and paper collage on paper attached to the artist's window mount
image: 6 x 4 3/4 in. (15.3 x 12.1 cm.)
artist's window mount: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (26 x 21.3 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, 1921. | (possibly) Rudolf Ebach, Barmen, acquired from the above. | Heinz Rasch, Germany, and thence by descent.
fabric, netting and paper collage on paper attached to the artist's window mount
image: 6 x 4 3/4 in. (15.3 x 12.1 cm.)
artist's window mount: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (26 x 21.3 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, 1921. | (possibly) Rudolf Ebach, Barmen, acquired from the above. | Heinz Rasch, Germany, and thence by descent.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Kurt Schwitters achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2015. In the Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper auction, the work Mz 193 sold for GBP 434,500.00 (€ 599,110.97) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 180,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kurt Schwitters achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Ja - Was? - Bild in June 2014 with an auction result of GBP 13,970,500.00 (€ 17,455,471.33).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kurt Schwitters erzielte im Februar 2015 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit Mz 193 für GBP 434.500,00 (€ 599.110,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 180.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kurt Schwitters erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Ja - Was? - Bild im Juni 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 13.970.500,00 (€ 17.455.471,33).
Kurt Schwitters - Auction history
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