Amelia Peláez

Las Hermanas

Found at Phillips, New York
Latin America, Lot 16
23. May - 23. May 2013
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 569.000 USD
1943
gouache on paper
37 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (94.6 x 74.9 cm.)
Signed and dated "A. PELÁEZ 1943" lower right. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramón Vázquez Díaz and José Veigas Zamora. This work is registered in the Catalogue of Works of the Cuban Art Foundation under archive number AML-080.
Galería del Prado, Havana | Collection of Ilka Chase, New York | Private Collection, Chicago

A top price for Amelia Peláez

The work Las Hermanas by Amelia Peláez was sold in the Latin America auction at Phillips in New York in May 2013. The »bidding war« ended at USD 569,000.00 (€ 438,096.70), 63% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Las Hermanas the most expensive artwork by Amelia Peláez that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Amelia Peláez

Die Arbeit Las Hermanas von Amelia Peláez wurde im Mai 2013 in der Auktion Latin America bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 569.000,00 (€ 438.096,70) und damit 63% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Las Hermanas zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Amelia Peláez, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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