August Strindberg
"Inferno" ("The Inferno-painting") oil on canvas 100 cm*70 cm, signed and dated 1901
Estimate: 17.000.000 - 19.000.000 SEK
Price realised: 15.500.000 SEK
Price realised: 15.500.000 SEK
Description
Executed in the autumn of 1901. Indistinctly signed Aug S-g and dated (19)03. The disparity between the date of execution and the date with which the painting is signed, is explained by the artist's habit of (not always accurately) postdating his works. Oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm.
The artist and (later on) director of Nationalmuseum (National Gallery of Art) Richard Bergh, Stockholm and Storängen, Sweden (by 1909); his deceased estate, Storängen, Sweden; Gummeson Konsthandel (Gummeson Art Gallery), Stockholm (by 1924); Eva Mörner-Dahlstedt, Österåsen, Sweden (purchased from Gummeson); by descent to Helge Dahlstedt, Stockholm; by descent to Fyr Helge Dahlstedt, Lidingö, Sweden; private collection, Stockholm (acquired from the above mentioned); Christie’s, London, “Scandinavian Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture”, 16 March 1989, lot 382; private collection (acquired at the above sale); Sotheby’s, London, “19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours”, 17 June 1992, lot 323; J.E. Safra Collection (acquired at the above sale).
The artist and (later on) director of Nationalmuseum (National Gallery of Art) Richard Bergh, Stockholm and Storängen, Sweden (by 1909); his deceased estate, Storängen, Sweden; Gummeson Konsthandel (Gummeson Art Gallery), Stockholm (by 1924); Eva Mörner-Dahlstedt, Österåsen, Sweden (purchased from Gummeson); by descent to Helge Dahlstedt, Stockholm; by descent to Fyr Helge Dahlstedt, Lidingö, Sweden; private collection, Stockholm (acquired from the above mentioned); Christie’s, London, “Scandinavian Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture”, 16 March 1989, lot 382; private collection (acquired at the above sale); Sotheby’s, London, “19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours”, 17 June 1992, lot 323; J.E. Safra Collection (acquired at the above sale).
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by August Strindberg could be acquired at Bukowski in Stockholm in June 2017 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Important Spring Sale auction, the work "Inferno" ("The Inferno-painting") oil on canvas 100 cm*70 cm, signed and dated 1901 changed hands for SEK 15,500,000.00 (€ 1,608,272.72) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of SEK 17,000,000.00 – 19,000,000.00. Admittedly, works by August Strindberg have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Wave V in June last year with an auction result of GBP 6,797,800.00 (€ 7,897,109.91).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von August Strindberg konnte im Juni 2017 bei Bukowski in Stockholm für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Important Spring Sale wechselte die Arbeit "Inferno" ("The Inferno-painting") oil on canvas 100 cm*70 cm, signed and dated 1901 für SEK 15.500.000,00 (€ 1.608.272,72) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von SEK 17.000.000,00 – 19.000.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von August Strindberg auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Wave V im Juni letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 6.797.800,00 (€ 7.897.109,91).
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