Mordecai Ardon
Jou-Jou In Quarantine
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Description
Mordecai Ardon
1896 - 1992
JOU-JOU IN QUARANTINE
signed Ardon (upper left); signed, dated, titled, and inscribed Collection: Michael Ardon, Jerusalem (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
15 by 39 1/4 in.
38 by 99.7 cm
Painted in 1960.
Michael Ardon, Jerusalem, probably 1960 | Marlborough Fine Art, London, probably 1962 | Gordon Galleries, Tel Aviv | Michael Firon, Esq., Tel Aviv, before 1973 | Thence by descent to the present owners
1896 - 1992
JOU-JOU IN QUARANTINE
signed Ardon (upper left); signed, dated, titled, and inscribed Collection: Michael Ardon, Jerusalem (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
15 by 39 1/4 in.
38 by 99.7 cm
Painted in 1960.
Michael Ardon, Jerusalem, probably 1960 | Marlborough Fine Art, London, probably 1962 | Gordon Galleries, Tel Aviv | Michael Firon, Esq., Tel Aviv, before 1973 | Thence by descent to the present owners
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Jou-Jou In Quarantine by Mordecai Ardon was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in December 2018. The price achieved of USD 137,500.00 (€ 120,024.44) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 120,000.00 – 180,000.00. Admittedly, works by Mordecai Ardon 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 Awakening in December 2014 with an auction result of USD 821,000.00 (€ 678,456.33).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Jou-Jou In Quarantine von Mordecai Ardon kam im Dezember 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 137.500,00 (€ 120.024,44) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 120.000,00 – 180.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Mordecai Ardon auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Awakening im Dezember 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 821.000,00 (€ 678.456,33).
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