Paul Klee
Nachbarlich-Zufällig
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Price realised: 81.900 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Nachbarlich-Zufällig
signed Klee (upper right); titled, dated 1929 and numbered 3H.14 (on the mount)
pen and ink, watercolor and partially sprayed watercolor on paper mounted on card
sheet: 18 by 12 in. (45.6 by 30.5 cm.)
mount: 25¼ by 19⅛ in. (61.6 by 48.6 cm.)
Executed in 1929.
Rudolf Probst, Dresden and Mannheim (acquired by 1930) | Lily Klee, Bern (acquired by 1940) | Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired by 1946) | Curt Valentin, New York (acquired by 1949) | Alma Morgenthau Wertheim, New York | Anne Wertheim Werner, New York | Thence by descent to the present owner
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Nachbarlich-Zufällig
signed Klee (upper right); titled, dated 1929 and numbered 3H.14 (on the mount)
pen and ink, watercolor and partially sprayed watercolor on paper mounted on card
sheet: 18 by 12 in. (45.6 by 30.5 cm.)
mount: 25¼ by 19⅛ in. (61.6 by 48.6 cm.)
Executed in 1929.
Rudolf Probst, Dresden and Mannheim (acquired by 1930) | Lily Klee, Bern (acquired by 1940) | Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired by 1946) | Curt Valentin, New York (acquired by 1949) | Alma Morgenthau Wertheim, New York | Anne Wertheim Werner, New York | Thence by descent to the present owner
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Nachbarlich-Zufällig by Paul Klee was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 81,900.00 (€ 76,320.94). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Paul Klee achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Bunte Landschaft in November last year with an auction result of USD 4,860,000.00 (€ 4,707,933.74).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Nachbarlich-Zufällig von Paul Klee im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 81.900,00 (€ 76.320,94) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Paul Klee erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Bunte Landschaft im November letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 4.860.000,00 (€ 4.707.933,74).