Carlo Scarpa
An Easel
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 150.000 GBP
Description
executed by Zanon, Venice, Italy
teak, patinated steel, brass
111 in. (282 cm.) high
Designed 1950-1955, later executed.
Zanon, Venice. | Private Collection, acquired from the above by the present owner.
teak, patinated steel, brass
111 in. (282 cm.) high
Designed 1950-1955, later executed.
Zanon, Venice. | Private Collection, acquired from the above by the present owner.
A top price for Carlo Scarpa
This artwork by Carlo Scarpa achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March 2019. In the Masterpieces of Design and Photography auction, the work An Easel sold for GBP 150,000.00 (€ 174,100.46) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. This high result makes An Easel the most expensive artwork by Carlo Scarpa that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Carlo Scarpa
Dieses Kunstwerk von Carlo Scarpa erzielte im März 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Masterpieces of Design and Photography wurde die Arbeit An Easel für GBP 150.000,00 (€ 174.100,46) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Easel zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Carlo Scarpa, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.