Robert Delaunay
La Tour Eiffel
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, Lot 27 A
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2017
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, Lot 27 A
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2017
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.372.500 USD
Price realised: 3.372.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'R. delaunay 28' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.2 x 65.1 cm.)
Painted in Paris, 1928
Pomaret collection, Aix-en-Provence (by 1957). | Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva. | Anon. sale, Palais Gallièra, Paris, 31 March 1976, lot 45. | Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 6 December 1978, lot 276. | Private collection, Paris. | Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above, 1998). | Stanford Z. Rothschild, Jr., Baltimore (acquired from the above, 16 June 1998). | Gift from the above to the present owner.
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.2 x 65.1 cm.)
Painted in Paris, 1928
Pomaret collection, Aix-en-Provence (by 1957). | Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva. | Anon. sale, Palais Gallièra, Paris, 31 March 1976, lot 45. | Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 6 December 1978, lot 276. | Private collection, Paris. | Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above, 1998). | Stanford Z. Rothschild, Jr., Baltimore (acquired from the above, 16 June 1998). | Gift from the above to the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2017 Christies in New York held the auction Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, which included the work La Tour Eiffel by Robert Delaunay. It changed hands for a price of USD 3,372,500.00 (€ 2,834,510.00) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 2,500,000.00 – 3,500,000.00. Other works by Robert Delaunay have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in February 2012 the work Tour Eiffel was auctioned for GBP 3,737,250.00 (€ 4,462,375.53).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2017 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass durch, in der auch die Arbeit La Tour Eiffel von Robert Delaunay zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 3.372.500,00 (€ 2.834.510,00) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.500.000,00 – 3.500.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Robert Delaunay konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Februar 2012 die Arbeit Tour Eiffel für GBP 3.737.250,00 (€ 4.462.375,53) versteigert.
Robert Delaunay - Auction history
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