Chana Orloff
Torse
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 326.500 USD
Price realised: 326.500 USD
Description
Chana Orloff (1888-1968)
Torse
signed, dated and numbered 'Ch. Orloff 1912 5/8' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 48½ in. (123.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1912
Torse
signed, dated and numbered 'Ch. Orloff 1912 5/8' (on the top of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 48½ in. (123.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1912
A top price for Chana Orloff
When the work Torse by Chana Orloff was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 326,500.00 (€ 250,960.80). This high result makes Torse the most expensive artwork by Chana Orloff that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Chana Orloff
Als die Arbeit Torse von Chana Orloff im November 2012 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 326.500,00 (€ 250.960,80) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Torse zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Chana Orloff, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Chana Orloff - Auction history
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