Alice Rahon
Mil cumbres
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 55.250 GBP
Price realised: 55.250 GBP
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
ALICE RAHON (1917-1987)
Mil cumbres
signed 'Alice Rahon' and indistinctly dated '1949' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'Alice Rahon Mexico 1949, Mil cumbres, Mille sommets' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
81.4 x 61.2cm (32 1/16 x 24 1/8in).
Painted in Mexico in 1949
Galerie Julianne Larsson, Beirut. | Emile Musallem Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above in 1962). | Private collection, London. | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 19 - 20 November 2013, lot 128. | Private collection, US (acquired at the above sale).
ALICE RAHON (1917-1987)
Mil cumbres
signed 'Alice Rahon' and indistinctly dated '1949' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'Alice Rahon Mexico 1949, Mil cumbres, Mille sommets' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
81.4 x 61.2cm (32 1/16 x 24 1/8in).
Painted in Mexico in 1949
Galerie Julianne Larsson, Beirut. | Emile Musallem Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above in 1962). | Private collection, London. | Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 19 - 20 November 2013, lot 128. | Private collection, US (acquired at the above sale).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 58 %.
The work Mil cumbres by Alice Rahon was auctioned at Bonhams in London in March 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 55,250.00 (€ 64,904.52), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 58%. Admittedly, works by Alice Rahon have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Los Cuatro Hijos Del Arco Iris in June 2020 with an auction result of USD 512,000.00 (€ 455,881.04).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 58 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Mil cumbres von Alice Rahon kam im März 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 55.250,00 (€ 64.904,52) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 58%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alice Rahon auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Los Cuatro Hijos Del Arco Iris im Juni 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 512.000,00 (€ 455.881,04).
Alice Rahon - Auction history
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