Wassily Kandinsky
Bild Mit Weissen Linien (Painting With White Lines)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
immediately following Actual Size: A Curated Evening Sale, Lot 53
21. Jun - 21. Jun 2017
immediately following Actual Size: A Curated Evening Sale, Lot 53
21. Jun - 21. Jun 2017
Estimate: 27.000.000 - 27.000.001 GBP
Price realised: 33.008.750 GBP
Price realised: 33.008.750 GBP
Description
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
BILD MIT WEISSEN LINIEN (PAINTING WITH WHITE LINES)
signed Kandinsky and dated 1913 (lower left); signed Kandinsky, titled, dated 1913 and inscribed No. 178 on the stretcher
oil on canvas
119.5 by 110cm.
47 by 43 1/4 in.
Painted in October 1913.
Museum of Painterly Culture, Moscow (acquired from the artist in December 1919) | Museum Penza, Penza (allocated by the above in 1920) | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow | Wilhelm Hack, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1974) | Thence by descent to the present owner
1866 - 1944
BILD MIT WEISSEN LINIEN (PAINTING WITH WHITE LINES)
signed Kandinsky and dated 1913 (lower left); signed Kandinsky, titled, dated 1913 and inscribed No. 178 on the stretcher
oil on canvas
119.5 by 110cm.
47 by 43 1/4 in.
Painted in October 1913.
Museum of Painterly Culture, Moscow (acquired from the artist in December 1919) | Museum Penza, Penza (allocated by the above in 1920) | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow | Wilhelm Hack, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1974) | Thence by descent to the present owner
A top price for Wassily Kandinsky
The work Bild Mit Weissen Linien (Painting With White Lines) by Wassily Kandinsky was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 33,008,750.00 (€ 37,590,807.66), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 22%. With this result, Bild Mit Weissen Linien (Painting With White Lines) is even the most expensive work of art by Wassily Kandinsky that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Wassily Kandinsky
Die Arbeit Bild Mit Weissen Linien (Painting With White Lines) von Wassily Kandinsky kam im Juni 2017 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 33.008.750,00 (€ 37.590.807,66) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 22%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Bild Mit Weissen Linien (Painting With White Lines) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Wassily Kandinsky, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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