Amelia Peláez

Still Life

Found at Christies, New York
Latin American Art, Lot 32
30.Jul - 30.Jul.2020
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 112.500 USD
signed and dated 'A. PELAEZ 54' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid on board
30 ½ x 40 in. (77.5 x 102 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
José Martínez Cañas, Miami. | Property from a Subsidiary of PepisiCo., Inc., Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1984, lot 307. | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 61 %.

The work Still Life by Amelia Peláez was sold in the Latin American Art auction at Christies in New York in July 2020. It achieved a price of USD 112,500.00 (€ 95,549.52), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 61%. Admittedly, works by Amelia Peláez have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Las Hermanas in May 2013 with an auction result of USD 569,000.00 (€ 438,096.70).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 61 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Still Life von Amelia Peláez wurde im Juli 2020 in der Auktion Latin American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 112.500,00 (€ 95.549,52) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 61%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Amelia Peláez auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Las Hermanas im Mai 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 569.000,00 (€ 438.096,70).

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