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- Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso)
Victor Brauner
Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso)
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.375 GBP
Price realised: 6.375 GBP
Description
VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966) & ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso)
signed, inscribed and dated 'à Simone Rasmussen pour sa précieuse amitié Victor Brauner 1. 1. 1958' (centre right); signed and inscribed 'p.c.q. sur cette pierre nous allons battre notre... Matta' (on the reverse)
watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper (recto); wax crayon and pencil on paper (verso)
17.5 x 47.2cm (6 7/8 x 18 9/16in).
Executed on 1 January 1958 (recto)
Simone Rasmussen Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artists). | Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, France; their sale, Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 7 November 2019, lot 278 (sold as part of the 'Album amicorum de Simone Rasmussen'). | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso)
signed, inscribed and dated 'à Simone Rasmussen pour sa précieuse amitié Victor Brauner 1. 1. 1958' (centre right); signed and inscribed 'p.c.q. sur cette pierre nous allons battre notre... Matta' (on the reverse)
watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper (recto); wax crayon and pencil on paper (verso)
17.5 x 47.2cm (6 7/8 x 18 9/16in).
Executed on 1 January 1958 (recto)
Simone Rasmussen Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artists). | Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, France; their sale, Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 7 November 2019, lot 278 (sold as part of the 'Album amicorum de Simone Rasmussen'). | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso) by Victor Brauner was auctioned at Bonhams in April this year. The price achieved of GBP 6,375.00 (€ 7,265.42) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Victor Brauner achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Indicateur de l'espace in May last year with an auction result of USD 945,000.00 (€ 880,626.22).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Personnages (à Simone Rasmussen) (recto); Composition (verso) von Victor Brauner kam im April diesen Jahres bei Bonhams zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 6.375,00 (€ 7.265,42) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 5.000,00 – 7.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Victor Brauner erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Indicateur de l'espace im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 945.000,00 (€ 880.626,22).