Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
Three Costume Designs for Giselle
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
Property from a Private Collection, England
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
1870 - 1960
Three Costume Designs for Giselle
each signed in Latin, one with initials, each inscribed, two dated 1948 and one dated 1924; one further bearing the Serge Lifar collection stamp on the reverse
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper, one on card
Sheet: (i) 32.5 by 25cm, 12 ¾ by 8 ⅓ in.; (ii) 26 by 20cm, 10 ¼ by 8in.; (iii) 24.5 by 16cm, 9 ½ by 6 ¼ in.
Framed: (i) 48 by 40cm, 19 by 15 ¾ in.; (ii) 44 by 35cm, 17 ¼ by 13 ¾ in.; (iii) 41.5 by 31cm, 16 ¼ by 12 ¼ in.
Costume Design for Nobleman in Yellow: | Collection of Serge Lifar | Phillips Bayswater, 20th Century British and European Art, 21 March 2000, lot 243 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
1870 - 1960
Three Costume Designs for Giselle
each signed in Latin, one with initials, each inscribed, two dated 1948 and one dated 1924; one further bearing the Serge Lifar collection stamp on the reverse
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper, one on card
Sheet: (i) 32.5 by 25cm, 12 ¾ by 8 ⅓ in.; (ii) 26 by 20cm, 10 ¼ by 8in.; (iii) 24.5 by 16cm, 9 ½ by 6 ¼ in.
Framed: (i) 48 by 40cm, 19 by 15 ¾ in.; (ii) 44 by 35cm, 17 ¼ by 13 ¾ in.; (iii) 41.5 by 31cm, 16 ¼ by 12 ¼ in.
Costume Design for Nobleman in Yellow: | Collection of Serge Lifar | Phillips Bayswater, 20th Century British and European Art, 21 March 2000, lot 243 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Alexander Nikolaevich Benois achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in June 2021. In the Russian Pictures auction, the work Three Costume Designs for Giselle sold for GBP 6,300.00 (€ 7,341.14) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alexander Nikolaevich Benois achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Promenade of Empress Elizabeth in April 2006 with an auction result of USD 441,600.00 (€ 349,809.89).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexander Nikolaevich Benois erzielte im Juni 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Pictures wurde die Arbeit Three Costume Designs for Giselle für GBP 6.300,00 (€ 7.341,14) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alexander Nikolaevich Benois erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Promenade of Empress Elizabeth im April 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 441.600,00 (€ 349.809,89).
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