M. C. Escher
Sky and Water I (Bool 306)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Prints & Multiples, Lot 4
7. Apr - 21. Apr 2022
Prints & Multiples, Lot 4
7. Apr - 21. Apr 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property from a Private Collection
M. C. Escher
1898 - 1972
Sky and Water I (Bool 306)
Woodcut, 1938, signed in pencil and inscribed 'eigen druk', also inscribed in pencil '...lucht in water I', on tissue-thin Japan paper, framed
image: 435 by 435 mm 17⅛ by 17⅛ in
sheet: 540 by 332 mm 21¼ by 13 in
framed: 795 by 795 mm 31¼ by 31¼ in
M. C. Escher
1898 - 1972
Sky and Water I (Bool 306)
Woodcut, 1938, signed in pencil and inscribed 'eigen druk', also inscribed in pencil '...lucht in water I', on tissue-thin Japan paper, framed
image: 435 by 435 mm 17⅛ by 17⅛ in
sheet: 540 by 332 mm 21¼ by 13 in
framed: 795 by 795 mm 31¼ by 31¼ in
Upper estimate price exceeded by 98 %.
This artwork by Maurits Cornelis Escher achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April last year. In the Prints & Multiples auction, the work Sky and Water I (Bool 306) sold for USD 69,300.00 (€ 65,768.25) - well above the upper estimate of USD 35,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Maurits Cornelis Escher achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Reptiles (Bool 327) in April last year with an auction result of USD 756,000.00 (€ 717,471.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 98 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Maurits Cornelis Escher erzielte im April letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Prints & Multiples wurde die Arbeit Sky and Water I (Bool 306) für USD 69.300,00 (€ 65.768,25) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 35.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Maurits Cornelis Escher erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Reptiles (Bool 327) im April letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 756.000,00 (€ 717.471,77).
Maurits Cornelis Escher - Auction history
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