Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum
Found at
Christies,
Amsterdam
Masterpieces from the Collection of Sam Josefowitz: A Lifetime of Discovery and Scholarship, Lot 14
13. Oct - 13. Oct 2023
Masterpieces from the Collection of Sam Josefowitz: A Lifetime of Discovery and Scholarship, Lot 14
13. Oct - 13. Oct 2023
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.008.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.008.000 GBP
Description
AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA (1865-1931)
Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum
signed and dated 'AXEL GALLEN 1902' (lower left)
oil and tempera on canvas
29 ¾ x 56 3⁄8 in. (75.5 x 143 cm.)
Painted in 1902
- Karl Wittgenstein, Vienna, by whom acqui
Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum
signed and dated 'AXEL GALLEN 1902' (lower left)
oil and tempera on canvas
29 ¾ x 56 3⁄8 in. (75.5 x 143 cm.)
Painted in 1902
- Karl Wittgenstein, Vienna, by whom acqui
A top price for Akseli Gallen-Kallela - as previously expected
In October this year Christies in Amsterdam held the auction Masterpieces from the Collection of Sam Josefowitz: A Lifetime of Discovery and Scholarship, which included the work Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The price achieved of GBP 1,008,000.00 (€ 1,157,464.04) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 800,000.00 – 1,200,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum is the most expensive artwork by Akseli Gallen-Kallela that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Oktober diesen Jahres führte Christies in Amsterdam die Auktion Masterpieces from the Collection of Sam Josefowitz: A Lifetime of Discovery and Scholarship durch, in der auch die Arbeit Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum von Akseli Gallen-Kallela zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.008.000,00 (€ 1.157.464,04) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 800.000,00 – 1.200.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Autumn - Five Crosses: A preliminary work for the fresco in the Jusélius Mausoleum das teuerste Kunstwerk von Akseli Gallen-Kallela, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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