Ben Nicholson, O.M.
April 57 (Arbia 2)
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.749.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.749.000 GBP
Description
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/April 57/(ARBIA)2' (on the reverse), inscribed again 'Gimpel/exh./but if/sold, on/Condition/that it can/be exhibited/USA exh/in/autumn' (on the stretcher)
pencil and oil on board
48 x 41½ in. (122 x 105.5 cm.)
Purchased at the 1957 exhibition by Mr and Mrs Walter Ross, New York. | Purchased at the 1966 exhibition by the present owner.
pencil and oil on board
48 x 41½ in. (122 x 105.5 cm.)
Purchased at the 1957 exhibition by Mr and Mrs Walter Ross, New York. | Purchased at the 1966 exhibition by the present owner.
A top price for Ben Nicholson
The work April 57 (Arbia 2) by Ben Nicholson was worth GBP 3,749,000.00 (€ 4,423,451.41) to a buyer in November 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 800,000.00 many times over. This high result makes April 57 (Arbia 2) the most expensive artwork by Ben Nicholson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ben Nicholson
Die Arbeit April 57 (Arbia 2) von Ben Nicholson war einem Käufer im November 2016 GBP 3.749.000,00 (€ 4.423.451,41) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht April 57 (Arbia 2) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ben Nicholson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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