Marc Chagall
Les Amoureux
Estimate: 12.000.000 - 18.000.000 USD
Price realised: 28.453.000 USD
Price realised: 28.453.000 USD
Description
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
LES AMOUREUX
Signed Marc Chagall and dated 928 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 by 35 5/8 in.
117.3 by 90.5 cm
Painted in 1928.
Bernheim Jeune & Cie, Paris (acquired from the artist) | Private Collection (acquired from the above on October 27, 1928) | Thence by descent
1887 - 1985
LES AMOUREUX
Signed Marc Chagall and dated 928 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 by 35 5/8 in.
117.3 by 90.5 cm
Painted in 1928.
Bernheim Jeune & Cie, Paris (acquired from the artist) | Private Collection (acquired from the above on October 27, 1928) | Thence by descent
A top price for Marc Chagall
The work Les Amoureux by Marc Chagall was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2017. It achieved a price of USD 28,453,000.00 (€ 23,914,103.21), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 58%. This high result makes Les Amoureux the most expensive artwork by Marc Chagall that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Marc Chagall
Die Arbeit Les Amoureux von Marc Chagall kam im November 2017 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 28.453.000,00 (€ 23.914.103,21) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 58%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Les Amoureux zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Marc Chagall, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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