Ludwig Deutsch
The Chess Players
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 759.000 GBP
Price realised: 759.000 GBP
Description
LUDWIG DEUTSCH
Austrian
1855-1935
THE CHESS PLAYERS
signed and dated L. Deutsch 1904 lower left
oil on panel
56 by 43cm., 22 by 17in.
We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her critical catalogue of the artist's Egyptian and Orientalist works, currently in progress.
Frost & Reed, London (label on verso) | Sale: Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1984, lot 39 | Mathaf Gallery, London (by 1984) | Purchased from the above
Austrian
1855-1935
THE CHESS PLAYERS
signed and dated L. Deutsch 1904 lower left
oil on panel
56 by 43cm., 22 by 17in.
We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her critical catalogue of the artist's Egyptian and Orientalist works, currently in progress.
Frost & Reed, London (label on verso) | Sale: Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1984, lot 39 | Mathaf Gallery, London (by 1984) | Purchased from the above
Upper estimate price exceeded by 27 %.
The work The Chess Players by Ludwig Deutsch was auctioned at Sothebys in London in October 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 759,000.00 (€ 880,385.57), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 27%. Admittedly, works by Ludwig Deutsch have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Tribute in October 2019 with an auction result of GBP 4,298,400.00 (€ 4,985,835.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 27 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Chess Players von Ludwig Deutsch kam im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 759.000,00 (€ 880.385,57) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 27%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ludwig Deutsch auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Tribute im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.298.400,00 (€ 4.985.835,73).
Ludwig Deutsch - Auction history
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