Ossip Zadkine
Tête de jeune garçon
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 797.000 GBP
Price realised: 797.000 GBP
Description
incised with the signature 'ZADKINE' (on the left of the neck)
polished bronze with copper highlights and golden brown patina
Height: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm.)
Conceived circa 1913-1916, and cast before 1933
François Franck (1872-1932), Antwerp, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist. | Louis and Evelyn Franck, London, and thence by descent to the present owner.
polished bronze with copper highlights and golden brown patina
Height: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm.)
Conceived circa 1913-1916, and cast before 1933
François Franck (1872-1932), Antwerp, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist. | Louis and Evelyn Franck, London, and thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Ossip Zadkine
The work Tête de jeune garçon by Ossip Zadkine was worth GBP 797,000.00 (€ 934,005.33) to a buyer in March 2017. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 250,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Tête de jeune garçon the most expensive artwork by Ossip Zadkine that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ossip Zadkine
Die Arbeit Tête de jeune garçon von Ossip Zadkine war einem Käufer im März 2017 GBP 797.000,00 (€ 934.005,33) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 250.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tête de jeune garçon zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ossip Zadkine, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ossip Zadkine - Auction history
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