Lill Tschudi
Fixing the Wires
Found at
Bonhams,
London
The Age of SpeedThe Grosvenor School and the Avant-garde, Lot 119
12. Dec - 12. Dec 2023
The Age of SpeedThe Grosvenor School and the Avant-garde, Lot 119
12. Dec - 12. Dec 2023
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 23.040 GBP
Price realised: 23.040 GBP
Description
Lill Tschudi (Swiss, 1911-2004)
Fixing the Wires (Coppel LT 26)
Linocut printed in black, greyish beige and light blue, 1932, a richly inked impression, on tissue thin oriental laid paper, signed, numbered 5/50 and annotated 'U.S.A.' in pencil, further signed, titled and annotated 'Col. Lino £2/2' in the lower margin, from the second edition created for the United States in 1937 (there was also a UK edition of 50), framed
Block 302 x 202mm (11 7/8 x 8in)
Sheet 348 x 233mm (13 5/8 x 9 1/8in)
Fixing the Wires (Coppel LT 26)
Linocut printed in black, greyish beige and light blue, 1932, a richly inked impression, on tissue thin oriental laid paper, signed, numbered 5/50 and annotated 'U.S.A.' in pencil, further signed, titled and annotated 'Col. Lino £2/2' in the lower margin, from the second edition created for the United States in 1937 (there was also a UK edition of 50), framed
Block 302 x 202mm (11 7/8 x 8in)
Sheet 348 x 233mm (13 5/8 x 9 1/8in)
A top price for Lill Tschudi
This artwork by Lill Tschudi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in December this year. In the The Age of SpeedThe Grosvenor School and the Avant-garde auction, the work Fixing the Wires sold for GBP 23,040.00 (€ 26,541.20) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 10,000.00. This high result makes Fixing the Wires the most expensive artwork by Lill Tschudi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Lill Tschudi
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lill Tschudi erzielte im Dezember diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Age of SpeedThe Grosvenor School and the Avant-garde wurde die Arbeit Fixing the Wires für GBP 23.040,00 (€ 26.541,20) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 10.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Fixing the Wires zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lill Tschudi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Lill Tschudi - Auction history
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