Sophie Taeuber-Arp
2nd composition
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'SHTaeuber Arp 1932' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (26 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1932
Egon Ostlund, Sweden. | Acquired from the above by the present owner before 1952.
gouache on paper
10 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (26 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1932
Egon Ostlund, Sweden. | Acquired from the above by the present owner before 1952.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work 2nd composition by Sophie Taeuber-Arp was worth GBP 60,000.00 (€ 76,882.59) to a buyer in February 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 12,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sophie Taeuber-Arp - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir, which sold at auction in February 2019 for GBP 187,500.00 (€ 218,725.28).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit 2nd composition von Sophie Taeuber-Arp war einem Käufer im Februar 2016 GBP 60.000,00 (€ 76.882,59) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 12.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Sophie Taeuber-Arp mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir beobachtet, die im Februar 2019 für GBP 187.500,00 (€ 218.725,28) versteigert wurde.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp - Auction history
![Sophie Taeuber-Arp - [Revue] Plastique. Paris-New York, 1937-1939](/images/sophie-taeuber-arp_revue-plastique-paris-new-york-1937-1939_AID14168_320x320.jpg)
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