Lucebert
De Suikerbijters (The Sugar Biters)
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 EUR
Price realised: 8.750 EUR
Price realised: 8.750 EUR
Description
signed and dated 'Lucebert '89' (lower left); titled and dated ‘89 "de suikerbijter"’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
89 x 148cm.
Painted in 1989
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam. | Anon sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 20 April 1998, lot 133. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil on canvas
89 x 148cm.
Painted in 1989
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam. | Anon sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 20 April 1998, lot 133. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
In May 2019 Christies in Amsterdam held the auction Post-War & Contemporary Art, which included the work De Suikerbijters (The Sugar Biters) by Lucebert. The »bidding war« ended at EUR 8,750.00 25% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lucebert achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Dutch Dorfsscène in May 2007 with an auction result of EUR 132,000.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Im Mai 2019 führte Christies in Amsterdam die Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit De Suikerbijters (The Sugar Biters) von Lucebert zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von EUR 8.750,00 und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lucebert erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Dutch Dorfsscène im Mai 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 132.000,00.