August Strindberg
The Birch Tree I (Autumn)
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 5.000.000 SEK
Price realised: 7.300.000 SEK
Price realised: 7.300.000 SEK
Description
Signed with Strindberg's seal in sealing wax on the reverse. Painted in Stockholm in 1902. Oil on wood panel 33 x 23 cm.
Mrs Inez Ahlquist (Harriet Bosse's sister and the aunt of Strindberg's and Bosse's daughter Anne-Marie), Stockholm. | Mrs Anne-Marie Strindberg-Wyller, Oslo/Stockholm (by inheritance from the above mentioned). | Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sale 411, 30 October 1979, lot 164 (illustrated full page in the plate section, Pl. 44). | Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Mrs Inez Ahlquist (Harriet Bosse's sister and the aunt of Strindberg's and Bosse's daughter Anne-Marie), Stockholm. | Mrs Anne-Marie Strindberg-Wyller, Oslo/Stockholm (by inheritance from the above mentioned). | Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sale 411, 30 October 1979, lot 164 (illustrated full page in the plate section, Pl. 44). | Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.
The work The Birch Tree I (Autumn) by August Strindberg was sold in the The Spring Classic Sale, Stockholm auction at Bukowski in Stockholm in June 2012. The »bidding war« ended at SEK 7,300,000.00 (€ 833,264.92), 46% above the upper estimate. 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Birch Tree I (Autumn) von August Strindberg wurde im Juni 2012 in der Auktion The Spring Classic Sale, Stockholm bei Bukowski in Stockholm versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von SEK 7.300.000,00 (€ 833.264,92) und damit 46% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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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