Albert Edelfelt
"Shipbuilders"
Estimate: 2.800.000 - 3.200.000 SEK
Price realised: 4.000.000 SEK
Price realised: 4.000.000 SEK
Description
Signed A. Edelfelt and dated 1886. Oil on canvas laid down on panel 135 x 94 cm.
Painted in Haiko August-September 1886 on request from the art dealer Joseph Bulla in Paris for Roland Knoedler in New York; M. Knoedler & Co, New York; acquired in the USA by Swedish diplomatic civil servant; Fritzes Kungl. Hovbokhandel, Stockholm; private collection (acquired through the above mentioned in May 1935).
Painted in Haiko August-September 1886 on request from the art dealer Joseph Bulla in Paris for Roland Knoedler in New York; M. Knoedler & Co, New York; acquired in the USA by Swedish diplomatic civil servant; Fritzes Kungl. Hovbokhandel, Stockholm; private collection (acquired through the above mentioned in May 1935).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work "Shipbuilders" by Albert Edelfelt was auctioned at Bukowski in Stockholm in December 2017. It achieved a price of SEK 4,000,000.00 (€ 406,920.65), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Other works by Albert Edelfelt have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 458,500.00 (€ 536,058.09) in May 2013 for the work Finnish the Boys' Workhouse, Helsinki.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit "Shipbuilders" von Albert Edelfelt kam im Dezember 2017 bei Bukowski in Stockholm zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von SEK 4.000.000,00 (€ 406.920,65) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Andere Arbeiten von Albert Edelfelt haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 458.500,00 (€ 536.058,09) im Mai 2013 für die Arbeit Finnish the Boys' Workhouse, Helsinki beobachtet.
Albert Edelfelt - Auction history
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