Aleksandr Volkov
Self Portrait
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 49.250 GBP
Price realised: 49.250 GBP
Description
Aleksandr Volkov
1886 - 1957
SELF PORTRAIT
signed and titled in Cyrillic t.l.; signed and titled in Cyrillic, dated 1927, numbered N10 and labeled MBK, N31 and 133 on the reverse
pastel and charcoal on paper
32.5 by 25cm, 12 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.
Acquired directly from the artist by Valery Volkov | Yakov Evseevich Rubenstein, Russia | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1981
1886 - 1957
SELF PORTRAIT
signed and titled in Cyrillic t.l.; signed and titled in Cyrillic, dated 1927, numbered N10 and labeled MBK, N31 and 133 on the reverse
pastel and charcoal on paper
32.5 by 25cm, 12 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.
Acquired directly from the artist by Valery Volkov | Yakov Evseevich Rubenstein, Russia | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1981
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Self Portrait by Alexander Volkov was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 9,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at GBP 49,250.00 (€ 61,363.33). Admittedly, works by Alexander Volkov have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Moonlit mausoleums in November 2012 with an auction result of GBP 433,250.00 (€ 533,720.04).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Self Portrait von Alexander Volkov im Mai 2012 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 9.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 49.250,00 (€ 61.363,33) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alexander Volkov auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Moonlit mausoleums im November 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 433.250,00 (€ 533.720,04).
Alexander Volkov - Auction history
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