Alexandra Exter
Composition Puriste
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.022.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.022.500 GBP
Description
Alexandra Exter
1884 - 1949
COMPOSITION PURISTE
stamped with the artist's estate stamp and signed by Simon Lissim on the reverse
oil on canvas
100 by 81cm, 39 1/2 by 31 3/4 in.
Executed in 1925
Estate of the artist | Collection of Simon Lissim, Dobbs Ferry, New York | Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne | Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners in 1975
1884 - 1949
COMPOSITION PURISTE
stamped with the artist's estate stamp and signed by Simon Lissim on the reverse
oil on canvas
100 by 81cm, 39 1/2 by 31 3/4 in.
Executed in 1925
Estate of the artist | Collection of Simon Lissim, Dobbs Ferry, New York | Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne | Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners in 1975
A top price for Alexandra Exter
The work Composition Puriste by Alexandra Exter was sold in the Important Russian Art auction at Sothebys in London in June 2014. It achieved a price of GBP 1,022,500.00 (€ 1,277,564.83), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 46%. With this result, Composition Puriste is even the most expensive work of art by Alexandra Exter that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alexandra Exter
Die Arbeit Composition Puriste von Alexandra Exter wurde im Juni 2014 in der Auktion Important Russian Art bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.022.500,00 (€ 1.277.564,83) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 46%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Composition Puriste sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Alexandra Exter, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Alexandra Exter - Auction history
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