Alexandra Exter
Costume Design for Aelita's Servant
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 126.000 GBP
Price realised: 126.000 GBP
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Alexandra Exter
1884 - 1949
Costume Design for Aelita's Servant
signed in Latin and dated 1924 l.r.; further bearing a label for the Committee for the Russian section at the 14th Venice Biennale and a Lissim collection stamp on the reverse of the backing board
pencil, ink and wash and gouache on paper laid on cardboard
Sheet: 57 by 35cm, 22½ by 13¾in.
Framed: 85 by 62cm, 33½ by 24½in.
The artist | Simon Lissim, Dobbs Ferry, New York | M.Knoedler & Co., New York
Alexandra Exter
1884 - 1949
Costume Design for Aelita's Servant
signed in Latin and dated 1924 l.r.; further bearing a label for the Committee for the Russian section at the 14th Venice Biennale and a Lissim collection stamp on the reverse of the backing board
pencil, ink and wash and gouache on paper laid on cardboard
Sheet: 57 by 35cm, 22½ by 13¾in.
Framed: 85 by 62cm, 33½ by 24½in.
The artist | Simon Lissim, Dobbs Ferry, New York | M.Knoedler & Co., New York
Artwork auctioned at eight times the upper estimate price
When the work Costume Design for Aelita's Servant by Alexandra Exter was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than eight times as high at GBP 126,000.00 (€ 140,753.23). Admittedly, works by Alexandra Exter have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Composition Puriste in June 2014 with an auction result of GBP 1,022,500.00 (€ 1,277,564.83).
Kunstwerk zum Achtfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Costume Design for Aelita's Servant von Alexandra Exter im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 126.000,00 (€ 140.753,23) mehr als achtmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alexandra Exter auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Composition Puriste im Juni 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.022.500,00 (€ 1.277.564,83).
Alexandra Exter - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
