Bruno Schulz
Suzanna At Her Toilette
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Price realised: 37.500 USD
Description
Bruno Schulz
1892 - 1942
SUZANNA AT HER TOILETTE
signed Bruno Schulz and dated 1921 (on the backing)
cliche-verre, with pen and ink border
3 1/2 by 4 1/4 in.
8.9 by 10.8 cm.
Executed in 1921.
Acquired by the original owner in Poland before 1939 | Then by descent to the present owner
1892 - 1942
SUZANNA AT HER TOILETTE
signed Bruno Schulz and dated 1921 (on the backing)
cliche-verre, with pen and ink border
3 1/2 by 4 1/4 in.
8.9 by 10.8 cm.
Executed in 1921.
Acquired by the original owner in Poland before 1939 | Then by descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Bruno Schulz achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in December 2013. In the Israeli & International Art auction, the work Suzanna At Her Toilette sold for USD 37,500.00 (€ 27,215.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bruno Schulz - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Woman Seated On A Couch, A Man At Her Shoe, which sold at auction in December 2013 for USD 118,750.00 (€ 86,181.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Bruno Schulz erzielte im Dezember 2013 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Israeli & International Art wurde die Arbeit Suzanna At Her Toilette für USD 37.500,00 (€ 27.215,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Bruno Schulz mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Woman Seated On A Couch, A Man At Her Shoe beobachtet, die im Dezember 2013 für USD 118.750,00 (€ 86.181,87) versteigert wurde.
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