Alexandre Benois
Study of a flower fairy from 'La Belle au Bois Dormant'
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 1.020 GBP
Price realised: 1.020 GBP
Description
ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960)
Study of a flower fairy from 'La Belle au Bois Dormant'
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'AB 1953' (lower left) and inscribed (upper left and upper right)
watercolour heightened with gold, pen and ink and pencil on paper
24.2 x 16.5cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2in).
Executed in 1953
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1996, lot 228. | Anon. sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 29 May 2012, lot 86. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner. | Private collection, UK (a gift from the above).
Study of a flower fairy from 'La Belle au Bois Dormant'
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'AB 1953' (lower left) and inscribed (upper left and upper right)
watercolour heightened with gold, pen and ink and pencil on paper
24.2 x 16.5cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2in).
Executed in 1953
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1996, lot 228. | Anon. sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 29 May 2012, lot 86. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner. | Private collection, UK (a gift from the above).
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Study of a flower fairy from 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' by Alexandre Benois was auctioned at Bonhams in London in December 2021. The price achieved of GBP 1,020.00 (€ 1,216.65) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 800.00 – 1,200.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alexandre Benois achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La Revue De La Garde Passée Par L'Empereur Paul Ier Devant Le Château Michel (6 Janvier 1801) in November 2013 with an auction result of GBP 482,500.00 (€ 580,624.17).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Study of a flower fairy from 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' von Alexandre Benois kam im Dezember 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.020,00 (€ 1.216,65) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 800,00 – 1.200,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alexandre Benois erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La Revue De La Garde Passée Par L'Empereur Paul Ier Devant Le Château Michel (6 Janvier 1801) im November 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 482.500,00 (€ 580.624,17).
Alexandre Benois - Auction history
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