Maurits Cornelis Escher
Up and Down
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.013 GBP
Price realised: 7.013 GBP
Description
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Up and Down (Bool 352)
Lithograph printed in brown, 1947, on wove paper, titled, signed and numbered No 2/36 in pencil (there was also a numbered edition of 17 in black and an unnumbered edition of 400), with margins, the upper margins missing, the top of the image with paper and ink losses and repairs, with further areas of repairs in places, the sheet stuck down onto the board, framed
Image 505 x 205mm. (19 7/8 x 8 1/8in.); Sheet 605 x 330mm. (23 3/4 x 13in.)
Up and Down (Bool 352)
Lithograph printed in brown, 1947, on wove paper, titled, signed and numbered No 2/36 in pencil (there was also a numbered edition of 17 in black and an unnumbered edition of 400), with margins, the upper margins missing, the top of the image with paper and ink losses and repairs, with further areas of repairs in places, the sheet stuck down onto the board, framed
Image 505 x 205mm. (19 7/8 x 8 1/8in.); Sheet 605 x 330mm. (23 3/4 x 13in.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work Up and Down by Maurits Cornelis Escher was sold in the Prints and Multiples auction at Bonhams in December last year. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 7,012.50 (€ 7,916.43), 40% above the upper estimate. 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 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Up and Down von Maurits Cornelis Escher wurde im Dezember letzten Jahres in der Auktion Prints and Multiples bei Bonhams versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 7.012,50 (€ 7.916,43) und damit 40% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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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